Shrinks

He never shrinks from danger.

It is a coward who shields his eyes and shrinks away from the light of love and truth. If it could render us blind, what use would our eyes be?

Paper shrinks as it dries.

With the coronavirus emergency deepening in Europe, Italy risks falling back into recession as foreign tourists are spooked and the global market shrinks for prized artisanal products.

With each passing year, the area of the Amazon rainforest shrinks.

Tom never shrinks from danger.

He shrinks from difficult tasks.

Ms. Rice underwent a one-and-a-half hour uterine fibroid embolization at a Washington hospital Friday. The operation, an alternative to hysterectomy, shrinks fibroid tumors and allows for a rapid recovery.