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.
• Pro tip: drive up with your pinky to emphasize the contraction.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 2 June 2022
• Keeping Langley has led to some contraction in the C-suite.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
• One of the lines was peaking constantly—a sign, Ogburn said, that the mother was in the middle of contractions.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
• That being said, there is enough total contraction on a revenue and book value basis to support a short-term investment.
  — Gurufocus, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
• One thing to watch is how this contraction becomes a sorting mechanism for what companies really care about.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
• But the growth or contraction itself isn't experienced by most people directly.
  — Damon Linker, The Week, 29 Apr. 2022
• The contraction was caused, in part, by a wider trade gap: The nation spent more on imports than other countries did on U.S. exports.
  — Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2022
• Some businesses are planning for a significant slowdown in growth or economic contraction.
  — Paul Hannon, WSJ, 24 May 2022
• This valuation contraction is justified, given the much weaker growth outlook.
  — Gurufocus, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
• To initiate a movement, impulses from the motor cortex instruct the spinal cord neurons to produce muscular contraction.
  — György Buzsáki, Scientific American, 14 May 2022
• The surprise contraction was driven by falling exports, a slower buildup of business stockpiles and a jump in imports, which suggested solid consumer demand.
  — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022
• However, the fiscal contraction resulting from his actions could help dampen the inflationary effects of the rest of Trump’s budget plans.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
• Most strength training exercises primarily focus on the shortening phase of a muscle contraction.
  — Amber Sayer, Health, 29 Oct. 2024
• 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
• From here, focus on the contraction and the squeeze—even look down at your chest to watch the squeeze, Samuel advises.
  — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 23 June 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
• The contraction was driven by lockdowns caused by a resurgence of Covid.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 15 July 2022

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024