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Example sentences for: shrank

How can you use “shrank” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Marriage outside the community used to be forbidden, and the population shrank.
But the town shrank dramatically when the proud Negro residents had exhausted their savings with no way of making a living.
These discoveries resulted in the theory of models, the clothing worn by whom gradually shrank to zero, thereby enabling Abe Robinson to prove the existence of infinitesimals, with predictable consequences in the physiognomy of certain members of the audience.
"Charming," my wife replied coldly as she shrank into her seat.
But those price increases ultimately provoked two predictable responses: Demand for oil shrank, as consumers looked for substitutable sources of energy; and, more importantly, the search for oil expanded.