shrink from

phrasal verb

shrank from or shrunk from; shrunk from or shrunken from; shrinking from; shrinks from

: to try to avoid (something difficult or unpleasant) : to be unwilling to do (something)

He doesn't shrink from telling the truth, no matter how painful it may be.

She won't shrink from the task.

Examples of shrink from in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Thunder’s lead shrunk from 24 to 21 to 19 with eight minutes to go. —Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025

At the same time, Starbucks’ executive ranks shrunk from 54 people to 36. —Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025

The mid-2010s Instagram vibe is augmented by the floods of emoji or comments that crowd the screen as Belle and Milla drink in the attention or shrink from criticism. —Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025

Trouble is, the world and America’s rivals don’t stand still while the West agonizes thus internally and shrinks from its global commitments. —Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025

Rhymes for shrink from

• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• income
• outcome
• succumb
• therefrom
• wherefrom
• abomasum
• bum
• chum
• come