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 most critical was a final hit on sliding Saints quarterback Tyler Shough by rookie Lathan Ransom, which made the potential game-winning field goal shrink from 62 to 47 yards. —Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Dec. 2025

Fuentes attacking his wife, and Vance shrinking from confronting it. —Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025

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

Rhymes for shrink from

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