shrink from

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 Pharaohs did not shrink from the challenge laid out by the defending champions and hung right with them in the opening minutes until Ibrahim rose above the Argentine defense and put a header past Emiliano Martínez. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

However, their division lead over the rival Phillies has shrunk from a season-high 10½ games on May 22 to three at the start of this week. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 29 June 2026

And mall stores shrank from 6,000 to 4,000 square feet, while street locations in big cities remained much larger. — David Moin, Footwear News, 26 June 2026

The debate is unfolding at precisely the moment when the half-life of materially relevant information is shrinking from months to weeks—and in some cases, from weeks to days. — Nosa Omoigui, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Rhymes for shrink from

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