How to Use contraction in a Sentence

contraction

noun

• Two teams were eliminated in the contraction of the baseball league.
• The hot metal undergoes contraction as it cools.
• She felt contractions every two minutes.
• The breathing data can be obtained with a belt that’s wrapped around a patient’s chest to detect expansion and contraction of the lungs.
  — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
• About five minutes into their drive to the hospital, with their bag in tow, Aaron says that his wife's pain and contractions continued to get worse.
  — Brian Brant, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
• That blow to consumer spending threatens to push the economy into an even deeper contraction than the central bank already expects.
  — Paul Hannon, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022
• The comedown has coincided with the contraction of global economic markets.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022
• The most recent advance release of second-quarter GDP showed a -0.9% contraction.
  — Jeffrey Schulze, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• That could mean fewer jobs for people, though Rogers points out that generally when there is a contraction due to automation in one area, jobs are created in other areas.
  — Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
• China Beige Book, an economic data tracking firm, says that the contraction in factory activity should not come as a surprise.
  — Mary Hui, Quartz, 1 Aug. 2022
• In a bleak tally of the war for Russia, an economy that was picking up speed at the start of 2022 swung into a contraction during the second quarter.
  — Fortune, 11 Aug. 2022
• But the strikes were not the only causes of the contraction, the report found.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• In April, the forecast was for an 8% to 10% contraction.
  — Clare Sebastian, CNN, 28 Aug. 2022
• That’s still the sharpest annual contraction since the Great Frost of 1709.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 4 Sep. 2023
• There has not been a contraction like this one since World War II.
  — Dick Lepre, National Review, 14 Dec. 2022
• His first name, Sanche, was a contraction of St. Charles.
  — Bob Drogin, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
• The growth during the third quarter follows a contraction during the first half of the year.
  — CBS News, 22 Dec. 2022
• That would be the largest earnings contraction since the second quarter of 2020.
  — Hannah Miao, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2023
• Even after the strike — or strikes — and all this contraction, the sandbox is still going to be big.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
• But there are people will use a bounce from the floor to make the contraction at the beginning of the move easier.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 27 Feb. 2023
• Yet what played out was a contraction of 3.1%—still a huge loss of output, but not nearly as dire.
  — Time, 12 Jan. 2023
• That means a powerful hip extension through a strong contraction of the glutes to push the hips open.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 1 Sep. 2023
• This collapsible contraction mimics the squat rack and free weights at the gym.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 7 Dec. 2022
• Those contractions may cause mild to severe pain in some people.
  — Kristine Thomason, Health, 17 Aug. 2023
• This nerve directs the contractions of muscles in the forearm and hand, as well as provides sensation to the hands and fingers.
  — Scott Sundick, Verywell Health, 3 June 2024
• Not enough focus is placed on the muscle contraction (squeezing the chest) during reps.
  — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 27 Oct. 2022
• Will trees in the far north ever catch up with climate and prevent forest contraction?
  — David J. Cooper, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2023
• After a night of contractions, things started to get more intense.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
• The major contraction in the HOA insurance market is not over.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
• Like so many other craftspeople at a moment of contraction of Hollywood, some casting directors the downward pressure on their wages, say negotiators.
  — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024