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
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Simultaneously, the total market capitalization of Chinese internet companies shrank from $2.5 trillion at its 2020 peak to $1.4 trillion in 2022.
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Angela Huyue Zhang, TIME, 7 May 2024
The two departments, which would combine into one department under one director instead of two, would shrink from 10 staff to two, budget documents show.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2024
For instance, Which? found that Terrys Chocolate Orange Easter egg with Mini Eggs have shrunk from 230g to 200g in the last year.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 22 Mar. 2024
Of those, the number of agencies required to cut water use more than 30% would shrink from 84 to 47.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
The do-over in The Gentlemen that improves on the original is the one that doubles down on its potential instead of shrinking from it.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024
Reading passages are much shorter, a calculator can be used for the entire duration of the math portion and the total testing time has shrunk from three hours to two.
—Aubrey Gelpieryn, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2024
That’s a 400,000 increase in membership from the year before, but because of the growth of the labor force, the share of union members shrank from 10.1% in 2022.
—Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2024
Don't look for either team to shrink from the challenge.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
Angela Huyue Zhang, TIME, 7 May 2024
The two departments, which would combine into one department under one director instead of two, would shrink from 10 staff to two, budget documents show.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2024
For instance, Which? found that Terrys Chocolate Orange Easter egg with Mini Eggs have shrunk from 230g to 200g in the last year.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 22 Mar. 2024
Of those, the number of agencies required to cut water use more than 30% would shrink from 84 to 47.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
The do-over in The Gentlemen that improves on the original is the one that doubles down on its potential instead of shrinking from it.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024
Reading passages are much shorter, a calculator can be used for the entire duration of the math portion and the total testing time has shrunk from three hours to two.
—Aubrey Gelpieryn, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2024
That’s a 400,000 increase in membership from the year before, but because of the growth of the labor force, the share of union members shrank from 10.1% in 2022.
—Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2024
Don't look for either team to shrink from the challenge.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
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“Shrink from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrink%20from. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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