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

In June, a diabetic resident who relied on a feeding tube ― used when someone can't obtain nutrition by mouth ― lost nearly 20 pounds in three months, shrinking from 193 pounds to 175 pounds. —Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 12 Nov. 2025

Yet Sammy didn’t shrink from the Nixon controversy. —Questlove, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2025

Laudermilch explained that Liberty’s women’s track and cross-country program was told on July 30 that, in order for the school to comply with Title IX, its roster would have to shrink from 24 to 17 runners. —Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2025

The luxury veteran estimated that in the past 30 years, family run companies in Limoges competing on an international level shrank from 40 to 50 firms to just seven. —Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for shrink from

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