| 单词 | shrink |
| 例句 | You couldn't jump hundreds of feet in a single blink unless distances shrank at your will. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z One of the essays, a particularly nasty one about shrinking potions, was for Harry’s least favorite teacher, Professor Snape, who would be delighted to have an excuse to give Harry detention for a month. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z His dæmon, Lyra thought, would have the form of a tigress, and she shrank back from the anger she imagined the great animal to show. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He had not gone far before he had shrunk again to a very small and frightened hobbit. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Her heart shrunk cold in her chest, tiny but heavy as a lake rock. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Hazel stared out of the window and watched the houses shrink and thought of villains and snow globes and what it would be like to be trapped inside. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z How her eyes are vacant and her body is so thin, because her muscles are actually shrinking and breaking down now. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Consider the island of Manhattan shrunk to this size: This Manhattan could easily hold nine million viruses. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Empty buildings would serve only as long as he stayed within the white portion of the map, and the white portion was shrinking rapidly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When parts of the body aren’t used, they tend to weaken, or shrink, or atrophy. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not want to tangle with humans and was trying to keep his distance, but the shrinking circle gave him no chance to flee. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z My sister and I battle the breeze to fold sheets, stepping together to make the corners meet, backing up less and less each time to form the shrinking rectangle. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He could shrink the hammer down and hide it inside his shirt, and he could make it grow again. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z But that can't compare to what happens as the field shrinks to a handful of players. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I collapse the calla lily petals more, shrinking the space inside. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He could see it in the very way Vera moved her hand when she carried the fork to her mouth; she seemed to be shrinking from life in every gesture she made. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They pointed their iron knives at the soldiers made of soft, sweet, smooth cheese, and the latter shrank away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the trees it was pitted where the chunks of snow had fallen, and the banks beside the path were shrinking and settling. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z There were still search parties, but the number of participating townspeople had shrunk dramatically, and almost no students remained at all. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I shrink down in my seat, trying to make myself smaller, hoping Sam’ll forget I’m there. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z And he shrank from the expression in the boy s eyes, from his knowingness. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The springs turned into steam; the rivers shrank. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped, shrinking in fear, and held the glass to his lips with a trembling hand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The engines roared, the ship moved, and minutes later she opened her eyes to see the houses of Nunivak shrink to specks and the island grow smaller and smaller. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A few were antagonistic and openly so; like Ammu they saw their share of the food shrinking with each additional mouth. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z That whole year Sapo saw a shrink and thus avoided juvenile detention. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z His words shrank to nothing in the face of the shouting man and he hasn’t found them since. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He is fastidious about his clothing; their first argument had been over a sweater she’d shrunk in the washing machine. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I try to move, try to shrink myself back into the bed, but the hand follows me down. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z They stopped ten meters from the shrinking man of eyes and pointed the hose at him. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I could see by the way my mother shrank back and became quiet that she was angry. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead of him he could see a single triangle of light, shrinking faster and faster. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He came all unsuspecting and Jason struck him down and his dark blood dyed his sister’s silvery robe as she shrank away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But if I answered the call, he would see a live video feed of my avatar, running across a field at top speed, with OPS #0571 shrinking in the distance behind me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z There were tide pools over there, full of bright petalfish, the watery flower creatures that shrank when they were touched. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And it wasn’t just their faces—their whole bodies were shrinking too! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The space between the doors shrinks to a yard, a foot; there are only a few inches left when I jam my hand through the crack. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was made from a hide, elk or maybe buffalo, heavy and stiff enough to stop stones and arrows; long dry years had shrunk and split the edges, and it had lost the round shape. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He pulled her head tighter on every pass, wrapping the strap around his forearm, shrinking the circle until it was so small, the pounding hooves stood still. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was too weak to walk and was so old that he had shrunk in size. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Those borders began to shrink, and thus the power of Rome to crumble. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Feeling the eyes of the class on her, Molly shrank a little in her chair. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His first thought was to rush out and confront them, but a certain shrinking held him back. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The beam stretched out into shrinking nothingness, a-glitter with dancing, shining motes. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z At that point the doctors liked what they saw: her cervix was a bit red and inflamed from the first treatment, but the tumor was shrinking. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z As they crossed the two-and-a-half-mile mark, Washington remained in the lead, though its advantage had shrunk to about ten feet. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I fancy,” said Estella, shrinking “that must be a curious place.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Finn asked, going back to alternately zooming in and out on Mom’s butterfly logos, growing and shrinking the dots and wings. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I suddenly felt very small, as if my skin was tightening and I was actually shrinking. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z My own thoughts now turn to the last few months, the sight of my grandfather’s diminishment, the awkwardness between us as I grew taller than him and he seemed to shrink into himself, into age. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Sometimes, if you look at the stars long enough, they sort of shrink your troubles down to size.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The class had shrunk to ten boys, and I came out eighth. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Telling myself my flesh hadn't suddenly shrunk against my bones and my heart wasn’t battering. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Taken by surprise, Leper looked up in anguish, shrank away from the ball, and voiced his first thought, a typical one. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The star shrinks incredibly, spins, reddens and disappears. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z With his shrinking and my height, we were now eye to eye. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since the animals had first appeared, Uncle Andrew had been shrinking further and further back into the thicket. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z By the time I get home from school, my family will shrink down to Mom and us three kids. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I must have looked silly hurtling across the roofs, and like a black-face comedian shrinking from a ghost when the white pigeons shot up around me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy with him had to be his little brother, he looked like a shrunk- up version of the big one. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The eyes shrink back as the hand comes, then they lose their stare, the eyelids droop lower, the tension is past. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy put his hands over the stumps of his legs and shrank back close to the wall. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z While the grey light lasted, they cowered under a black stone like worms, shrinking, lest the winged terror should pass and spy them with its cruel eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I listen to the message a dozen times before I call the school nurse and tell her I’m having a really bad day and I’m on my way to an emergency appointment with my shrink. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z And with a bow of his head, Cozmo shrinks into a bird and flaps away. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z For a second old fears seized him and he sat up and shrank away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Matt shrank from him, but the man didn’t seem to notice. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to shrink down, cowed by age. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Angelina, bring my small cabinet of medicines and the bag of herbs. A hot poultice placed on my belly will help to shrink the womb and parsley will bring away the afterbirth.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The net shrank back into its bag shape, the glow dimming. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It drew together and shrank and blackened, crawling on four short taloned legs upon the sand. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She shrinks back, releasing my hands, and sits on one of the waiting room chairs. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Helen’s very spooky about that, being a shrink and all. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Fig’s list of symptoms ran through my head: Hershey breath, never enough water in his bowl, shrinking appetite, and Sleeping Beauty syndrome. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z When pressurized, the airlock expanded slightly; when depressurized, it shrunk. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But by doing that, he only pushed himself closer, and realizing it, he shrank back toward her again, to her warm throat and the strong pulse of her heart. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z As soon as he felt the cord tighten, SEEf woke with a roar, which shrank to a purr when he saw Char. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The skin of his face had shrunk back against the skull until it defined bone, not flesh, and made the nose and chin seem sharp and fragile. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Stanley stared at the dark spot on the ground, which quickly shrank before his eyes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Donay’s body is there in the middle, shrunk in the big coffin, looking lonely to me. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to say “shrink,” but it sounded funny out loud. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He leaks a long rattling breath through his nose, which makes me shrink into my chair. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z That hollow ache I carried during the early months of internment had shrunk, over the years, to a tiny sliver of suspicion about the very person I was. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s such a fruitcake. Is he going to see that shrink?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Gilly shrank back, bumping into Trotter’s huge breast, which made her jump forward again quickly. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z We’d be in the back seat, shrinking low, laughing, hoping none of our friends would happen to see us. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z For a few days I feel quite unwell and think I may finally be traveling out of this life, when I realize my morphling tablets are shrinking. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Mr. Reilly shrinks, and I want to jump over the desk and smack her. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The sky seemed to retreat far above, and she had the strange sensation that she was shrinking, that soon she might be no larger than an ant crawling over the ground. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As they passed, I shrank back, listening as the tramp and shouts grew fainter. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I lived carrying a huge wound, tender, festering, and I shrank when I came near anything that I thought would touch it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The man had drawn closer, but as I could not see his face, I shrank away. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like their great birth pains shrank their hearts and their souls. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But we are face to face with duty; and in such case must we shrink? Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “The judge can order him released so he can get tested by some shrinks. That’s the new plan.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I shrank back, my heart racing like a wild thing. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Mr. Jones’s body appeared to shrink a few inches. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Harry felt strangely diminished, as though he had shrunk a little since he had entered the room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She had moved on to Håkon, who shrank back at her attention. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Even though I know they can’t see me, I shrink farther into the statue’s shadow at the mention of my name. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Tobias shrinks back, throwing his arms up to protect his face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Women have ways. I’ve heard. You can refuse him—” Her mother shrank away from her. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Her breasts balloon and shrink and balloon again. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The tall buildings had shrunk down into trees and long ribbons of wild, dying grass. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I shrank lower behind the brush and waited for him to emerge. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z By then the enemy was on him, and Tyrion's battle shrunk to the few feet of ground around his horse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Well. . . when I went up to Madam Pomfrey to get them shrunk, she held up a mirror and told me to stop her when they were back to how they normally were,” she said. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I thought, questioning, looking at the three faces as if to read their thoughts; but there was nothing to see save alarm; they shrank a little from my vehemence. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Of all earthly pleasures, Laila’s favorite was lying next to Aziza, her baby’s face so close that she could watch her big pupils dilate and shrink. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Ranofer shrank into the darkest corner of the courtyard, wishing he could disappear into the bricks of the wall. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He shrank back, his skin hot and prickly, like the onset of hives. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She was up on her feet and Fern shrunk inside of herself. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z My hands are smaller than his, but it’s like he’s shrinking, losing his muscle mass. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He met with meditation teachers, and closed his eyes and narrowed his thoughts until his world shrunk down to a single breath, in and out, in and out. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His body shrank and was covered in this redness, but some was also blue and yellow. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The bombers opened their bomb bay doors, exerted a miraculous magnetism which shrunk the fires, gathered them into cylindrical steel containers, and lifted the containers into the bellies of the planes. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We should neither of us shrink from the task—awful though it be to contemplate. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Physically he was big and booming, with a voice that made the timid shrink. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Each time I planted one of my ice axes, that distance shrank by another twenty inches. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had found Gandalf; but he shrank back, cowering into a shadow. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Easier to find were the dikonko, edible locusts and crickets, whose plump abdomens were shrunk translucent like balloons half-filled with water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Will we soon be in the city, Mamma?” she asked, rubbing her chilled nose, and watching with interest as the patch of moisture which her breath had formed on the pane shrank slowly and vanished. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Gus stared out the window, watching the planet shrink beneath us, and then I felt his hand relax beneath mine. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z But as we circled to receive our share of providence, the fat flanks of the magnificent beasts we’d stalked on the hill shrank to parched sinew, the gristle of drought-starved carcasses. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Natalie fixed such a withering gaze on the leader that he seemed to shrink an inch or two. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The circle of bats shrunk in even closer. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His brain is shrinking and it’s changing him. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z And nor did Feral consciously summon the sheaves of cloud that coalesced around them, blocking out the sky, the horizon, the Cusp, shrinking the world to here—this garden and this garden alone. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At the sound, the pink circles on Lady Ashton’s cheeks visibly shrank and disappeared, as if someone had rubbed them out with an eraser. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He saw the shadow shudder away from him and shrink together, then stretch hugely up over him, over the sail, for an instant. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I shrank back against the seat, my heart beating quickly, knowing why the faces were at the window, and why the child stared. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z First grade was when I discovered eye control; with my seeing I could shrink the teacher down to a height of one inch, gesticulating and mouthing on the horizon. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch the glass building above the Dauntless compound shrink behind us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The door, meagerly, opened and he saw within the apartment a fragmented and misaligned shrinking figure, a girl who cringed and slunk away and yet held onto the door, as if for physical support. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Before he could say anything else to reassure his friend, he noticed Sunjin shrinking, his unhappiness palpable. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She yelped in surprise as the bow began to shrink, and became a hair clip shaped like a crescent moon. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He couldn’t have borne hearing Chacho call him a crot or seeing him shrink away from the presence of such a monster. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The pit fire was burning, low, and the king’s shadow on the Wall had shrunk to a quarter of its former height. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The weapon had shuddered at the idea and obediently shrunk. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The world had shrunk into nothing, dissolved by the golden glow of candles. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It hadn’t rained in forever and a day, and the bushes were shrunk and crumbly. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The space in the car shrinks, closing in on me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z At the same time, my neck grows tense and I feel myself shrink, hunching my shoulders protectively, ready to let my arms fly up and protect my face from the Doctorita’s fists. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Much as I dream recurringly about shrinking babies, I dream that the sky is covered from horizon to horizon with rows of airplanes, dirigibles, rocket ships, flying bombs, their formations as even as stitches. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He made as if to finger my ribbon, and I shrank away from him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Lyra shrank to the ground at once, covering her ears, and Will, knife in hand, crouched over her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Jorge was fourteen years older than she and wore round steel glasses that shrank his blue eyes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the eighteenth century, the tally shrank further, to 1,400. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The space between them could only shrink, not grow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I draw a girl shrinking into the grass until she's hidden by a bed of flowers that are all so much prettier than she is. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Ranofer whirled and doubled back, casting a shrinking look over his shoulder as he did so. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And not in the shrinking flower kind of way. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Once out of sight they seemed to shrink back to their normal size. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I’m right in the middle of coming up with a really sorry excuse when I blink, and Mrs. Walters’s facial features begin to swell and shrink. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z As I watched him shrink in the rearview mirror, he pulled out the bottle and for a second it looked like he would leave it on the curb. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The Persian rugs on the stretches of gleaming marble floor would shrink. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I used to not want to call them shrinks, but now that I’ve been through so many, I feel entitled to it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z If possible, Will Grayson manages to shrink into himself even more. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z She envisions the muscled walls of her stomach shrinking, contracting, slickly clean from the absence of food and the gallons of springwater she drinks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I made a move towards him, but he seemed to shrink back. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She takes stock of her hands, which are shrinking a litde, warping a little, as mine are. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The Great Hall seemed to fly away, become smaller, shrink, as Harry reeled backward from the doorway. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The shrinking sheik turned a bright crimson and actually cringed against the hatrack, while Ernestine picked up one of Dad’s walking sticks and started after the younger set, bent on premeditated, cold-blooded mayhem. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I know what he means by someone: a shrink. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z No matter how she shrank from the ordeal before her, she knew she could not stay away. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Beneath the table, a large sphere that initially seemed to be a ball of shaggy carpet grew and then shrunk rhythmically, breathing. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Yet even as I write it is cooled, and it seemeth to shrink, though it loseth neither its beauty nor its shape. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In a moment, the young man had his hand fastened on the scruff of the cub’s neck and the animal shrank down. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z And under all of this was a shrinking— a shy shrinking. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She was shrinking back into her emaciated body, shoulders slumped, wrists limp. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “The shrink made me take it. Or made Mom make me.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Like the lies she told her father and her mother and the shrink every time they asked how she was feeling. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “We cannot and we will not shrink from defending it.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Dany sent outriders ranging ahead of the column, but they found neither wells nor springs, only bitter pools, shallow and stagnant, shrinking in die hot sun. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He shrank from the very thought of breaking another door seal and repeating the nerve-racking process of mending it, but there was no other way. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I could tell he was trying to shrink even more, to vanish completely. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The family was shrinking, the old hierarchy compressing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Between these lampposts my shadow on the winter snow would stretch ahead of me, double, shrink again and disappear, the lamps casting their haloes around them like the moon in fog. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The standing people shrank away from the pushing boys, giving them a space to work. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z My stomach shrank or something; it doesn’t take in much, and if I force in a certain amount it rejects everything, sends me to the bathroom to vomit in the dark. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “You know the Iron Rod can shrink to the size of a needle.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Auntie Ying, who seems to shrink even more every time I see her, reaches into her knitting bag and pulls out the start of a tiny blue sweater. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Pig iron production fell by half, and new rail construction shrank almost to nothing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Drought years shrank the hide tighter to the bones; ewes dropped weak lambs and cows had no calves in the spring. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Huygens did not shrink from this conclusion; he embraced it gladly: Across the sea of space the stars are other suns. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Right now the Appalachians are shrinking on average by 0.03 millimeters per year. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the officers fled toward the two exits in panic and jammed up the doorways like a dense, howling dam of human flesh as they shrank from going farther. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He towers over me, and I shrink into myself a little. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z What I couldn't stand was this shrinking everything into letters and numbers. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z His heart stopped beating and shrunk to a small, cold, disbelieving pebble. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Serafina shrank back; obviously the sailor in the launch hadn’t heard the latest state of things. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We of the ANC have always stood for a nonracial democracy, and we shrank from any action which might drive the races further apart than they already were. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She whispered a soft, musical phrase and the raft shrank down to a size she could carry on her back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z His naked eyes shrank to fluttering little dots as he went down to grope around his feet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The hunters were screaming with delight Simon's effort fell about him in ruins; the laughter beat him cruelly and he shrank away defenseless to his seat. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z My trouble seemed to shrink and become not worth mentioning. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She actually grew as her older daughter shrank into private misery. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The room which seemed so large is shrunk, the mountain has become a hill. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, as quickly as a gasp, the world shrank, and I felt the ground open up beneath me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We skimmed across the sea as the island shrank to a dot and then disappeared. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z My mother has been silent for most of this conversation, trying to shrink behind the pork chop on her plate. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Michah shrinks; he's just a boy in a man's body, no more certain of the future than I am. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I shrank into Elnora’s arms, shaking from the awful news, unable even to speak. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Bullied is too easy a word. My father uses that word all the time. So does my shrink.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She shrank between Iris and her mother, whispering, “Don’t let them see me! Don’t let them see me!” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He was a small man, the kind of little old man who looked as if the passing of the years had shrunk him, eating an enormous, many-scooped ice-cream sundae, drinking a supersized mug of coffee. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z A braying donkey rounded the corner, its owner in tow, causing the family to shrink against the building, trying to disappear into the shadows. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z All I knew was I was forty years old and I didn’t mean to be here when I was forty, locked with this genius shrink wife and this balloon son. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She had a house girl’s tender physique and shrank further in her simpering. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They can hardly see Hamza because my swaggering cousin has shrunk to almost nothing behind me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Thomas shrank into his chair, hoping that others hadn’t been thinking anything like that. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Drying, it shrinks back to its original dimensions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Those who spied drops of him on their limbs or torsoes drew back with terror and revulsion, as though trying to shrink away from their own odious skins. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I felt my courage shrinking, like the Wicked Witch when Dorothy threw water on her. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z My avatar instantly shrank back to normal size, and my appearance returned to normal. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The boy screamed and shrank to the dirt as the blows continued. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Skyping with my shrink from summer camp—I don’t know a lot of other people who could say that. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Claustrophobia was part of it, helpless confinement within a process of decay, and a sensation of shrinking. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The villagers watched in horror as, day by day, the big man shrank with illness. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam had nothing to hide, and she was brave—but every time she did this, every time she stood up for me and I shrank back in fear, it felt like I was betraying her. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It shrank the world from a size large to a size medium. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z I feel lighter, as if I’m shedding matter, losing molecules, calcium from my bones, cells from my blood; as if I’m shrinking, as if I’m filling with cold air, or gently falling snow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z At times he thought seriously of going with all his sorrows to see the chaplain, but the chaplain seemed so overburdened with miseries of his own that Major Major shrank from adding to his troubles. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I watch that circle shrink into each map, until it’s just a bright red dot, like a drop of blood. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Year by year, its population had shrunk; now it was fewer than fourteen hundred. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He had named her Violet after shrinking violet when she had started seeing Dr. Payne. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Frodo received it on his shrinking palm: it seemed to have become thicker and heavier than ever. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She shrank against the wall, willing herself to melt into the shadows. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z All the leaves wilted and shrank until they all disappeared into the broth. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They crawled on their stalk legs around the curved perimeters of the glass as if the world had shrunk to that jar. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The cities were abandoned, and shrank to a fraction of their original size, all their considerable wealth sold off to pay for seeds that didn’t grow, for land they couldn’t water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z As soon as she no longer touched the metal, the Iron Rod began to shrink. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Last time I was locked up, the hospital shrink had me draw a life-sized outline of my body. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Horrified, he and the other Hitler Youth shrank back from the inmates. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Settling down caused most people’s turf to shrink dramatically. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Otto had grown a layer of soft black down, and his swollen malnourished belly had shrunk. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Terrified the little boy shrank back, afraid of the helmet and its fierce nodding crest. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Iron Rod can shrink to the size of a needle, the Sea King had said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But by the time my mother had had her say about him, I saw his brain had shrunk from laziness, so that now it was good only for thinking up excuses. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z At the cafeteria, where a shrinking slice of my consciousness still resided, Daisy was telling Mychal that his averaging project shouldn’t be about people named Mychal but about imprisoned men who’d later been exonerated. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The Pioneer Press quotes Secretary of HUD Andrew Cuomo ruing the “cruel irony” that prosperity is shrinking the stock of affordable housing nationwide: “The stronger the economy, the stronger the upward pressure on rents.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks like a walking skeleton, sun bleached and pale, and I involuntarily shrink back from him when he reaches a hand out to guide me toward the back of the building. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Wild-eyed and dishevelled, he seemed to shrink back from the light, and closed the door behind us. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And for a few minutes I felt happy, because instead of our Circle of Friendship shrinking, the way I’d worried it might be, it actually seemed to be growing. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She had spoken English all her life, led the debating society in secondary school, and always thought the American twang inchoate; she should not have cowered and shrunk, but she did. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They shrank into the shadows and watched as it emerged into a patch of moonlight. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Though I bet Aunt Heidi’s shrink listens to Aunt Heidi’s dreams all the time, and I’m ninety percent sure they always involve babies, or Troy. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I hear Viola make a choking and gasping sound and I look up to her and when I do she shrinks from me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z As the weather worsened, Tom Bolles watched his freshman squad rapidly shrink from the 210 who had turned out in the fall to 53 on January 14. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He cringed and shrank back against the wall, and shook his head warningly. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Along with the ceiling getting lower, my clothes were shrinking, too. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the silence, the room appeared to shrink even smaller. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I’m thinking she found a good shrink, or maybe she published that novel she’s been writing since the earth cooled. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t even imagine delving into my “issues” with some shrink. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A half-sound of jeering ran round the circle and Simon shrank from it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Like I say, the good shrinks know when to throw in a dramatic pause. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Her kidneys shrank to the size of raisins, and although I wanted what was best for her, I naturally assumed the vet was joking when he suggested dialysis. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Maybe it was the club’s stuffiness or the sallow glow of the gaslights, but the room seemed to shrink by the moment. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z In the same instant, Halliday shrinks and morphs into a small boy wearing brown corduroys and a faded The Muppet Show T-shirt.* Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I shrank as the Devil turned eighty eyes on me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The tall, white-haired knight seemed to shrink as he stood there, scarcely breathing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Two girls walked in, and Audrey shrank reflexively, but they didn’t even look at us. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z By La Salle’s time the number had shrunk to perhaps ten, some probably inhabited by recent immigrants. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Four floors down, her doctor, shrunk to child size, sits on the lawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She shrank her eager son and placed him inside a finely carved wooden staff. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Instead, I shrank against the wall to let them pass. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She cleaned houses with a friend of hers, until her friend’s list of clients shrank and there was no work left. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This was the view of most scientists: Einstein himself wrote a paper in which he claimed that stars would not shrink to zero size. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mud closed around the stick for a moment, then shrank away, leaving a small gap. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The smoke curled up from Miyax’s fire, and caribou strips shrank and dried. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart sinks as my chances of getting out of the competition shrink more than before. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The floor upstairs is all warped, and the planks must’ve shrunk; they’re all spaced out—I can see straight through to the living room.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z If we were shrunk to the level of the neurons, we might witness elaborate, intricate, evanescent patterns. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She stopped again, against the wall, looking at me and I cried and she went on and I came on, crying, and she shrank against the wall, looking at me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It shrunk from the size of an orange to that of a mandarin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m the true definition of a shrink: just a shrunken little person with a family full of shattered people. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z As the adults continued their gloomy conversation and Zalmay played with a handheld video game, Fadi shrank back into the fading brown leather seat. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The cat shrank back to his normal size. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I shrank down, tried to make myself smaller without moving enough to make more noise. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Witching Hour’s toothy grin shrank a bit on the next part. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Church records placed membership numbers over eight hundred before the bombing; after the bombing, that number shrank by 50 percent. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My parents’ fears shrink my universe to the four walls of this house. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Then he kisses mine, and I don’t shrink. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z No one should be afraid to increase his property for fear that it will be taken away from him, while no one should shrink from undertaking any business through fear of taxes. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z After seeing my psychological report I set up another meeting with the shrink. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The ice expanded and shrank as if it were breathing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It was a box, no larger than my thumbnail, which grew or shrank to accommodate whatever it was called upon to hold. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z That she was shrinking there was no doubt. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In that shrinking moment he discovered that he had never hated anyone until now. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But with Max abandoning us the way he was, I could feel my Circle of Friendship shrinking. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z My leg’s still shrinking, so I need the extra padding to keep my socket snug. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Some believed that sunshine shrank drops of dew into eggs, which hatched into maggots. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If the whole structure were radically shrunk, the uninitiated might perceive a vaguely agricultural purpose; the cages might be thought to contain chickens, or mink. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she shrinks low in her seat and stares straight ahead. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Members of the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacy groups did not shrink from violence. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam left the tunnel-side and shrank towards Frodo, and their hands met and clasped, and so together they still went on. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Every time I explained that I didn’t try to kill myself, the doctors, nurses, shrinks, they’d all say, “So, what were you doing on the edge of the roof?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Instead it shrank to the floor, lifting a forepaw in a futile gesture of defence. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The barrel of the ribs was as narrow as that of a skeleton; the legs had shrunk so that the knees were thicker than the thighs. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He shrank against the bole of the tree. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The shadows under the trees shrank as the sun moved toward noon. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z My frizz had shrunk at least two inches, thanks to the humid air. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z There’s so much anxiety in this car that it feels like the backseat is shrinking, crushing us into a small cube of vinyl and sweat and fear. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z With every step and every word the three men shrank back as a group, though Clyde didn’t lower the gun. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z As the note progressed, his handwriting shrank, until it seemed like something extruded rather than written. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She looked at me then and her mouth shrank to a grim line as she drew her lips in. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Dale whistled softly as the pumpkin shrank into the distance, finally dropping out of sight, an orange speck vanishing behind far-off treetops. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z His eyes were bright blue and smiling down at me, and his nose had mysteriously shrunk to fit his face. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt very lost in it, like a dwarf, as if she had shrunk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z My entire world had shrunk down to the frayed margins of the sodden road. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in his life, he tried to shrink. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z They showed none of their earlier sluggishness and shrank quickly in response to the light. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He put the complaining Barbarossa back on his own feet and said, “Everything has shrunk, Prop. The whole world is suddenly so small. I feel like I don't fit into it anymore.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z A dusty silver sheen in the sky capped the city as it shrank behind them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z My face feels hot, and I shrink into myself, my shoulders curving in. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Judge Willmore sat elevated, sedate, tie barely showing over the top of his black robe, his torso seeming nearly to shrink behind the bench. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z You could see the blurring of the fine ink lines where skin had stretched and then shrunk back again. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Like someone had come in during the day and shrunk all the furniture just a tiny bit. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She could feel her pulse quickening, her skin shrinking. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The flame flared high and blue, then shrank to a little orange tongue no bigger than a fingertip. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Their minds shrank away from such thinking and they looked for a victim—someone to hurt because they were hurt. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Frank changed form—shrinking into something lean and furry... a weasel? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He says that time can be stretched or shrunk, and that it runs faster in some places than in others. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z How his pupils must have shrunk and then dilated, open and vulnerable. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Koffi shrank back into a stall a few feet away as he seemed to pick the latter emotion to hold on to. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z We had a bigger house than many, but right now it felt like it was shrinking in on me. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Odysseus shrank from killing such a man, taught by the gods to sing divinely, and he spared him for further song. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z What came out was a teeny-weeny, old, old, old woman that looked just like Momma would if someone shrank her down about five sizes and sucked all the juice out of her! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A shrinking—only a fraction, but it was a flinch. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z They took no notice of Pippin; but Sam shrank against the wall, while two wolvish-looking dogs sniffed at him suspiciously, and snarled if he moved. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “It’s shrinking a little every day, and so the parts aren’t working well anymore.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I shrank back and away from the scene, watching it grow smaller, and smaller, and smaller until the dark, cloudy haze of Rob’s mind swallowed it whole. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “But I did play gin rummy with the school shrink the other day and I beat him.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It may be ordained that we have many nights and days to follow, if full of peril; but we must go on, and from no danger shall we shrink.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Although Rowan had suspected this, to actually see the ring made him shrink a bit, too. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He shrank to the other side of Ralph and busied himself with his glasses. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He shrank from her in horror and drove her out of his sight. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “When washing, do not use hot water. They’ll shrink. Stop shaking them out like that. I recommend you always take them to a cleaning professional.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Anna's telling Darnell about tiger cubs, and poachers, and village women who work with her NGO to protect the shrinking habitat. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In one blink, Time shrank until it stood eye level with Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The old woman, shrunk by age and time to little bigger than a child, held on to a stick as tall and bent as herself with palsied and swollen-knuckled hands. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She shrank from the spinning bodies, afraid of another person so close, so uncontrolled. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Shadows shrink and spread over the lace curtain as my son slips into bed. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He may be coming back, and on the other hand he may not be, she said to herself, and felt her bones within her shrink with age. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Looking at it another way, if you had a film of the universe’s history and ran the film backward, the universe would shrink and shrink. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “A Fflam never shrinks from danger! The mightier the foe, the greater the glory! We shall seek them out, set upon them! The bards shall sing our praises forever!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z And, since the surface of the region shrinks to zero, so too must its volume. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He skewered a fourth, then willed his javelin to shrink back to a sword and hacked through another group of spirits. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As Jordan made his way to the rear of the bus, kids shrank back in their seats, hoping to be passed over this day. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Maybe I should ask the guidance counselor for a therapist or a nosy shrink. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Between them I wove many strands of bull kelp, which shrinks as it dries and pulls very tight. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched as his pupils seemed to shrink, and I felt a tickle in the back of my mind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Demented and powerless, the aged being could only weep and mumble in fear and pain and misery, and he shrank away from what seemed like yet another threat. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The other patients in the ward, all but the Texan, shrank from him with a tenderhearted aversion from the moment they set eyes on him the morning after the night he had been sneaked in. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As soon as the Celestial bronze touched the plug, the plug shrank and loosened. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Hermione Granger was shrinking against the wall opposite, looking as if she was about to faint. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She didn’t say this as she might have before, with cowering and shrinking. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then all of that had faded, the sounds dwindling, the people shrinking, the spears and arrows falling back beneath them as Drogon clawed his way into the sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Pax shrank away, but the thoughts he’d had earlier surfaced again. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Then Gollum dropped his head and shrank down, until he was squatting on the floor, shivering. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But that fact seemed to be the very thing they were worried about, because when Will spoke, there was a soft gasp from the living people, and even the figures outside shrank away a little. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She was probably embarrassed about it and so the whole thing had shrunk in her memory. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I shrink my head down into my jacket. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The poem is called “Still I Rise,” and even though Ms. Jacobs is staring at me like she read the poem just for me, I don’t shrink low in my seat. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I shake my head and shrink back, hating myself for being such a coward. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The noise was loud and violent and so near, she shrank down the steps. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The river had shrunk to a trickle, the well was as dry as a bone. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Train Ear shrank when his skinny chest caved in. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Ada shrank back, and her gaze flicked to the gate. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It shrunk across the grounds toward the first level of the Zoo of Death, where Count Rugen sat fiddling with some knobs. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Dreadful as the Dead Marshes had been, and the arid moors of the Noman-lands, more loathsome far was the country that the crawling day now slowly unveiled to his shrinking eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The two old people led me in exercises that began at dawn and ended at sunset so that I could watch our shadows grow and shrink and grow again, rooted to the earth. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Every night she shrank from the moment when she and Judith must make the dread ascent to the upstairs chamber with only the meager comfort of a warming pan. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He shrank into the shadow as chairs were pulled back from the small dinette set near the window. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z At 250 of the most selective colleges in the country, the proportion of students from upper-income families has grown, not shrunk. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The hide shrank and pulled joist and rafter tight together, and the leather ropes became hard as iron and nearly imperishable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was one special fellow’s music that made her heart shrink up every time she heard it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Now it was my brother’s turn to shrink back. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When I put on the suit of magical armor, it shrank to fit my avatar perfectly. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Yet, there she was doing the opposite of shrinking and fleeing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Sometimes, thinking of Gabriel, she remembered Richard—his voice, his breath, his arms—with a terrible pain; and then she felt herself shrinking from Gabriel’s anticipated touch. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The world shrinking down about a raw core of parsible entities. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Percy touched the point of his sword, and Riptide shrank back into a pen. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But his heart, thought Wiglaf, was as big and brave as it had always been—that would never shrink. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z A gas cannot keep getting colder and colder indefinitely; when you can’t shrink the balloon any further, you can’t lower the temperature any further. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In fear and wonder, Taran shrank back, his wound throbbing anew. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Silvertongue did not mock his fear of the dark either, as Dustfinger had, and curiously enough that made the fear less, shrinking it as only daylight usually did. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z My mom is smaller than her in every way, but you wouldn’t know it from the way Carla’s shrinking away from her. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He tilted his head and it looked like he was shrinking. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Turner figured she had reached her peak of height sometime around the Civil War and from that time on had been folding and shrinking until someday she would probably just disappear. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Gum Baby shrank even farther, her head nearly touching her stubby little legs. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The big old moon of a few days back had shrunk to something with a big slice of itself gone. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t see how it will fit, but the butterfly perches on Ma’s hand and instantly shrinks so that it can settle inside the small tin. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I went toward her, crying, and she shrank against the wall and I saw her eyes and I cried louder and pulled at her dress. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew he was losing them, and he shrunk back. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As her belly grew, she seemed to shrink. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He shrinks back into the pillow and listens. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The space around them started to shrink in an extremely unfriendly way. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z At each such division, the number shrinks colossally–yet even with the most conservative inputs the number of advanced civilizations just in the Milky Way always works out to be somewhere in the millions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Then the thing that faced him changed utterly, spreading out to either side as if it opened enormous thin wings, and it writhed, and swelled, and shrank again. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know why, but somehow he made my butterflies disappear and my tongue shrink. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z My mentality, uncontrollable and wanton as always, whispered to me a scheme so magnificent and daring that I shrank from the very thought of what I was hearing. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The gray seal population off Cape Cod had shrunk because they had been hunted for their meat, oil, and skins. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z His thoughts had shrunk to the small hard point of his own survival. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He shrank from the idea and tried to turn his mind away from it, for it was too awful to contemplate. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The abundant self-confidence she felt while in her room had shrunk to the size of an acorn now that she was really here. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Instead, she gives me a hard glare, and I unwittingly shrink into myself. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Escalia was a formidable woman, broad as a man across the shoulders and chest, with an upright bearing that made every room seem to shrink as soon as she entered. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z As her mama tears touched their black fur, the cubs shriveled and shrank. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z As the water left her body, she shrank until she was able to walk on the beach without crushing Nathan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Well, this is like an infection in your head,” said the shrink. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All through the spring, while the heat swelled and the river shrank, Ranofer and Heqet met as often as they were able, at midday or in the evening after their day's work was done. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The haze grew denser as the guards shrieked, their flesh seeming to shrink against their bones. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But they were trained warriors, and a moment later their dæmons leapt at the angel, savage teeth flashing white in the gloom—and Balthamos flinched: he cried out in fear and shame, and shrank back. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “When you put your fingers inside, it loosens. But when you try to remove them, the circumference shrinks as the braid catches and tightens. There’s no way you can pull free by struggling.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He reached for the doorknob that opened the way out into the unlit hall, then shrank back as he glimpsed the vacuity of the rest of the building. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Some tribes have rules against sex at certain times in the growing and shrinking of the Moon. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy seemed to shrink by about three inches. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It makes me feel wack as hell, but in my mind I keep seeing the shrinking taillights of her car as she drove away. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Abalones are larger than your hand and twice as thick when fresh, but they shrink small in the sun so you have to dry many. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A few of the portraits change—hair grows shorter or longer, noses shrink, skin tones flush over with enhanced or brand-new colors, hair textures morph, mouths plump up. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Age had shrunk his face and delivered the look he had always fallen short of by a fraction. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Harry looked quickly over his shoulder and saw the archway shrink instantly back into solid wall. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Everything came back to his sick body, which shrank trembling from the smallest pain. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z For Prudence was an entirely different child from the woebegone shrinking creature who had stood in the roadway outside the school. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The Wall stretched east and west as far as the eye could see, so huge that it shrunk the timbered keeps and stone towers of the castle to insignificance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At some point, my pen just stopped moving, and I found my field of vision shrinking and shrinking, and then I was trying to remember if tunnel vision was a symptom of fatigue. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z They shouldn’t have been able to fit inside those human-sized doors, but as the Cyclopes got close, their bodies distorted and shrank, the Doors of Death sucking them inside. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Cas’s mother, her father, even her new but still annoying shrink assumed that after everything, she would want to attend a different school or be homeschooled. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It has the ability to shrink at will and has consequently never been noticed by Muggles. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her features had shrunk, her nose especially; and the hair on her arms had vanished, his eyes having laid in a supply of their own loving depilatory. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In the months following the Fugees' 2006 season, a number of problems seemed to shrink, or at least become more manageable. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Sailors’ rope bracelets—the kind that shrink to the wrist. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He clasped his hands in his lap, knotted and lumpy as cherry twigs, and all of him seemed to shrink in the seat as though he sucked in his outline to make it smaller. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The way he stared up at Pastor Emerson, looking like he’d cry if he heard the word “father” one more time, all hunched shoulders and gripped hands, made me shrink up inside. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He felt like he’d shrunk to the size of a small rat. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Big Ma seemed to shrink before my eyes. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Reducio, ” Moody muttered, and the spider shrank back to its proper size. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The world seemed to have shrunk and fallen silent. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His stomach had shrunk to the size of a walnut. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The scars were disappearing, the skin was becoming smooth; the mangled nose became whole and started to shrink. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Dudley shrank nearer to his mother at the sight of the witch and wizard. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It challenged me and humbled me, lifted me up and shrank me down, sometimes all at once. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z No one moves a muscle, but I can feel it—everyone’s shrinking away from me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z In her hands, the Death Danda had shrunk to the size of a purple compact. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Faye’s skin had shrunk, clinging to jaw and skull, and her eyes were huge and vacant. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Shrunk into the ball I wanted to shrink into to protect myself. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The moon didn’t seem to be getting much bigger, but the earth was definitely shrinking. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The bag shrunk to the size of Edgar Allan Toad, and Mr. Dimblewit picked it up and stuffed it in his pocket. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z But that he had done things far worse, and the effects were everywhere in the cloudless sky, on the dry brown hills, shrinking skin and hide taut over sharp bone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Alex smiles back, the anxious bubble in his chest shrinking slightly, but there’s one more bomb to drop. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Hyacinth noticed that Mama also seemed to shrink a little bit. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She shrunk away from the other two Witchlings, shaking her head. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z From the outline of his stiff, pajama clad body under the thin blanket, I could see that we were about the same height, though the illness might have shrunk him. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z As I enter this restaurant, I am prepared to shrink into the furniture, but it’s nice. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to focus, and harder to sit still; I felt like I was shrinking, trying to fade back into the seat and disappear completely. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Sounds, colors, textures, all mash together in an enormous symphonic assault on my senses as I shrink down, smaller and smaller. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “It was four feet long before his parents would let me shrink it!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Each of us noticed, however, that those instances of friendship were shrinking rather than growing. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Television had shrunk the world, and had in the process become a great weapon for eradicating ignorance and promoting democracy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I know it and shrink back down inside me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I understand now that what is shrinking him, what is turning the air around him that awful gray, is defeat. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Just as multiplying by a number stretches the number line, dividing shrinks it. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I felt myself shrink under his hooded gaze, all my words evaporating in an instant. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The polished metal was cool, and her touch left little patches of shrinking condensation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A gaunt, ragged figure stood on the step, and as she shrank back a man pushed his way through the door and halted on the kitchen threshold. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Seeing her pupils shrink and explode back out to their normal size, it felt as though someone had wrapped a line of barbed wire around my brain and was tightening it with every passing second. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It is the longest of the corridors we will travel through, but that distance shrinks when I see him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then they looked at us and then we all turned and looked at Mr. Turner, who seemed to shrink before us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I watch as she shrinks into herself and disappears. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The pool seemed to be shrinking—it had been a drier summer than usual, and hotter. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I wished it wouldn’t do that, wished my flesh wasn’t shrinking against my bones. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Inmates whom the shrinks judged to be making progress were allowed out for a few hours a day; this was called rec. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Toby shrank into the metal of the plane, trying to find a place the cold air couldn’t penetrate. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He had roused it from its slumbering state under Dr. ka Seme, when the organization had shrunk in size and importance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Each day, Henrietta’s doctors increased her dose of radiation, hoping it would shrink the tumors and ease the pain until her death. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z But I don’t need a shrink, not even a smart black shrink. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The candles shrink to stubs, and specks of wax drip onto the table. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The circle of boys shrank away in horror. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I was pushed toward him as they shrank inward to get closer to him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It couldn’t seem farther away from this hot tar roof and my shrink staring at my back, waiting for me to speak. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Not so long before, the lighthouse keeper on Cuttyhunk had used dolphin fat to fuel his beacon, and I could not remember that without shrinking. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Without Styx across the woods, ready to open up the sky, our world had shrunk to this house. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “And this is after—” The lights start to recede, the patches shrinking like puddles of water drying in the sun. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Because Thanksgiving was going to happen while we were doing surface operations, and NASA's shrinks thought it would be good for us to make a meal together. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Shrink, I told myself, curling my spine down, bending my face to the task in front of me, shrink and disappear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She sees his teeth and his eyes, his cheeks and his jet-black hair swelling and shrinking like an accordion. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z If they were lucky, and the birds didn’t steal too many of them, the sunshine would shrink and sweeten the firm globes into rich bits of chewy deliciousness. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z ALBUS: It was weird though—I thought I saw Cedric start to expand— but then he sort of started shrinking again — and I looked at you and you had your wand out. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “I wonder, dear,” she said to Lavender Brown, who was nearest and shrank back in her chair, “if you could pass me the largest silver teapot?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z As the water expelled, the water monster shrank in size. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z We comforted her and told her that if she’d put her foot down once or twice and say she didn’t have the time, the shopping lists would shrink of their own accord. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z We were afraid we were going to get sucked out, and we all shrank back against the Prospector. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Our Father could not seem to accept what seemed clear enough even to a child: when he showered the idea of baptism—batiza—on people here, it shrunk them away like water on a witch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Thalia tapped Aegis, and it shrank into a silver bracelet “Hey, it’s all right” she said. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Jack himself shrank at this cry with a hiss of indrawn breath, and for a minute became less a hunter than a furtive thing, ape-like among the tangle of trees. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Forgetting that they were already invisible, they shrank into the shadows, staring at the dark outlines of two people grappling with each other ten feet away. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z When a Stuka dived, it was impossible not to tense and shrink, though each time he thought he didn’t have the strength. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She changes the contours of Claudine's body, shrinking her down and erasing the height I'd given her but making her round as a ripe apple. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The tree itself was shrinking, growing smaller with each vision, whilst the lesser trees dwindled into saplings and vanished, only to be replaced by other trees that would dwindle and vanish in their turn. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Newt relaxed, seemed to shrink, even, and sighed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z With some vague misgiving that she might get upon the table then and there and die at once, the complete realisation of the ghastly waxwork at the Fair, I shrank under her touch. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z As she approached him, he smiled at her and something about that portable piano smile, something about the steady gaze in which he held her, made her shrink from him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When the path shrank to an uneven track that she could barely see in the deepening dusk, she felt a part of her heart sink into place: This was where she should go. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Trefusis shrank back, eyed me cannily, and ceased to chew. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The dust, over the years, had eroded him; it had left his features gray, his thoughts gray; it had shrunk him and made his legs spindly and his gait unsteady. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Anya tried her best not to shrink away from the princess, but it was hard. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I saw them through the mist; I saw them on the clouds; I saw them big on the mountain- top when distance had shrunk the pines. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a large man, and the room seemed to have shrunk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His field of vision shrinks to a peephole, and he sees just a few adjacent words in the string at a time. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But I find God to be an ineffectual shrink. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Dr. Minerva is a good shrink, I think. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Darkness shrank into the shade of a nearby sagebrush. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z So perhaps that was what her eyes meant now on those rare occasions when she looked at him—he’d shrunk so thoroughly in her estimation, not lived up to who he was. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z We’d be in the back seat, shrinking low, laughing, hoping none of our friends would happen to see us. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His flesh gripped him and shrank as if it had been plunged in acid. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z His ears shrank from the bedlam of singing, cackling, and giggling that was going on behind the closed black patent leather shutters. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The third visit to the shrink, and the last straw, came in grade six. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z This summer she finally realized it wasn’t the other kids that were the problem or her father or mother or her annoying shrink. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The black masses want not to be shrank from as though they are plague- ridden. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Darkness shrank and the shadows from which it had emerged returned to their normal shapes. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Even the last added lean-to bedrooms were old and weathered and the putty around the windowpanes had shrunk away from the glass. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Winston had tried to shrink back into the surface of the bed again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Instead, Briares looked like he was trying to shrink even smaller. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z As I flinched away from him, shrinking against my chair, the phrase if looks could kill suddenly ran through my mind. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I felt myself shrinking to a small black dot against all those red and white rugs and that pine paneling. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She shrank again from the touch before she saw it was one of the young women who tended the looms. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z As each click, each pulse, each second pulled them closer to that point on the gears of Luna’s life when every hand pointed toward thirteen, Xan could feel herself thinning, shrinking, fading. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I shrink in my seat, just in case the teacher decides to blow fire from his nostrils like a dragon. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z His stomach felt like it had shrunk to the size of a gumdrop. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The blaze in the fire pit seemed to shrink before this storm of light, like a small dog cowering before a larger one. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Keep lowering at a steady pace and the balloons keep shrinking at a constant rate, but they cannot go on shrinking forever. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z As population density increases, the territory of that band-sized population of a few dozen would shrink to a small area, with more and more of life’s necessities having to be obtained outside the area. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I studied it, the way her smile seemed to crackle with her own brand of electricity, and felt something inside of me shrink in defeat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I shrank back into my chair and remembered when I used to be a human being. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately he’d shrunk back to normal size, so his hug was like getting hit by a tractor, not the entire farm. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I touched the pen cap to the sword tip and instandy Riptide shrank to a ballpoint pen again. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Hooke pointed out the error and suggested that the correct orbit followed by the falling object, assuming it could pass through the solid Earth without resistance, would be a kind of shrinking ellipse. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I think maybe I should go to see a shrink, because that is the accepted thing, now, for people who are not in balance, and I am not. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I don't know what else to say, so I shrink back upstairs and lock myself in the bathroom. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I shrank back from Lissa, fearful of who I might become, of what I might do. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Over the summer, the basement got flooded and the uniforms all shrank. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I shrink together and involuntarily look at it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Just the thought of all this made Tom shrink back uncomfortably in his chair. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Hermes found the two sitting side by side, Persephone shrinking away, reluctant because she longed for her mother. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His stomach had shrunk and the food made him feel heavy, wrong somehow, and he’d stopped overeating. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The dark patches grew darker, but they shrank; and suddenly he saw, towering ominous before him and leaning slightly towards one another like the pillars of a headless door, two huge standing stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I see Helena sitting in the corner, shrinking her body down to fit the space. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z As the maddening laughter continued, each whirling object suddenly contorted, enlarged, ballooned, stretched, shrank, into all sorts of grotesque, shifting monsters, all of them attempting to swallow me up. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The bat was the child's shadow, shrunk by the vertical sun to a patch between the hurrying feet. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z His servants shrank from the sacrilege when he ordered them to fell it; whereupon he seized an ax himself and attacked the mighty trunk around which the dryads used to hold their dances. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She listened as the others talked about how irritable and angry they felt, as if they were engaged in a furious argument, and as they spoke, she seemed to be shrinking. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z This civilized space felt so small, a dry circle shrinking on the floor. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z His mother, who was always so bigger-than-life, now seemed to shrink before Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Before my eyes, Big Ma seemed to shrink inside her housedress. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “And I know from the condition of the room and my shrinking newspaper stacks that you’ve all been looking at a lot of other newspapers, too.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z In a space of a few short weeks, he had shrunk, literally collapsing around his lungs as they became the entire focus of his being. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Jazz and Kim both looked at Black, shrinking him down to nothing. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The next day, the land beings discovered that their islands had shrunk in half. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and seemed to shrink into himself. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Me shrinking away from his touch embarrasses me in a way I don’t entirely understand. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Annabeth shrank away from him as though his anger surprised her. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The Exposition Company’s shrinking war chest had driven its relationship with the National Commission to a new low, with Director-General Davis arguing that any new federal money should be controlled by his commission. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The man seemed to shrink, seemed to pucker into himself until all there was was bulging eyes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I said, going stiff, shrinking from the cotton’s touch while still wearing it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She said what if she did, he didn't have to call them shrinks. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Now his legs and arms were so emaciated that I could see all the bones in them, and his knee and elbow joints looked outsize, with the flesh shrunk away. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z One area of concern is the shrinking playground time during the school day due to an emphasis on more test-driven curricula. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The chaplain shrank back from the wall in terror, bitter tears springing to his eyes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The hump of its great shoulders had shrunk. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He looked desperately sad and broken; even his stalwart manhood seemed to have shrunk somewhat under the strain of his much-tried emotions. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z My house is shrinking and I feel like Alice in Wonderland. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He rolled down the window, the night air whipping his hair, and looked back at the shrinking rooftops of Privet Drive. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I watched his pupils shrink in his hazel eyes before blowing back out to their normal size. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The ship seems to shrink quickly as I leave it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She sends me on my way, working always and now old, dreaming the dreams about shrinking babies and the sky covered with airplanes and a Chinatown bigger than the ones here. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A wave of blood goes up to my head, my stomach shrinks together, as if something dangerous has just missed hitting me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I am above him, looking down; he is shrinking. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, Porthmadog’s squat houses shrank away and Miss Wren’s mountain came into view, rising grayly above the hills. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z When Ma offered to teach him to read, Pa’d say, “Hard work shrinks your mind. Got no more room up here for book learning.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Mom leaned over to pet her, but the dog shrank back and trembled. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z All four Tucks sprang to their feet at once, while Winnie, very frightened, shrank back in her chair. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In the shrinking scraps of free time I had left, I traipsed after Granddaddy as often as I could. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I began to see that by my astonishing growth I had made them shrink and emphasized their inadequacies. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Then she turned as though to go back into the house, and seeing us there on the pavement, stopped abruptly, almost shrinking back. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Lady Constance seemed to have shrunk a size smaller just by virtue of standing within this vast, imposing space. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I’m constantly shrinking- The truth of the matter is that Father is thinking of business and profit, of shillings and pence. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Reznak shrank away from her, flinching from the fury in her tone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The room began to shrink, and the noise pounded against Alfred's head. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The plane shrank before her eyes, then turned and grew big again. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But Globalization 3.0 differs from the previous eras not only in how it is shrinking and flattening the world and in how it is empowering individuals. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Because it is flattening and shrinking the world, Globalization 3.0 is going to be more and more driven not only by individuals but also by a much more diverse — non-Western, nonwhite—group of individuals. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z People do stay up all night here—it’s after midnight and I can hear Freckles doing pushups in his room, listening to vintage Madonna—and everyone has a shrink here. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z In the seconds during which they looked at each other in silence, Briony, partly obscured by her sister, shrank into her uniform. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He would give a girl an extra penny if she did not shrink when he pinched her cheek. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As Christmas loomed on the horizon, our paltry time together shrank even further. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Marly wished she could shrink away like Alice did in Wonderland so she could hide behind one of those cheeses or behind a stone. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Her mind, which had shrunk to the single word no, unfurled once more with hope. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z For a cold instant he shrank from urging Melynlas up the stony slope. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z For a moment the three companions stood there, shrinking, staring up with unwilling eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Kate was haggard and her slender body had shrunk to bones. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My mother has given me pictures to dream—nightmare babies that recur, shrinking again and again to fit in my palm. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined my father’s face, his dark eyes shrinking, his mouth clamping into a frown as he turned to my mother. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Luke wanted to shrink into the walls as they shared a laugh. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z With a click she shrank the spreadsheet and like magic there it was: a window listing the patients in just the period she’d wanted. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z So I described how Bruno Jenkins had come in and how I had actually seen him with my own eyes being shrunk into a mouse. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The Internet has accomplished what even the most fervent consumer advocates usually cannot: it has vastly shrunk the gap between the experts and the public. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The world shrank down to tooth and claw, snow flying as they rolled and spun and tore at one another, the other wolves snarling and snapping around them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He seemed to have grown in stature while Éomer had shrunk; and in his living face they caught a brief vision of the power and majesty of the kings of stone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Darkness shrank to the height of Nathan and looked at him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Crick could then buckle down to his thesis task of investigating the ways that hemoglobin crystals shrink when they are placed in salt solutions of different density. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I had the machinists make just one minor adjustment with Auk XXII-D, to shrink the size of its fins. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I imagined passing my armlessness on to other people, their fully grown arms shrinking and shriveling and getting sucked up into their shoulders with a terrible slurping sound after I touched them. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z After three hours of rowing like galley slaves, distance had shrunk the island to the size of an open hand. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z There was the rugged edge of his cheekbone, but even as she watched, he nestled his head deeper into his arms, and that landing spot shrank and vanished. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She rested her palm against her forehead, and heard another tick as the building shrank tighter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I shrank from it until the little creature licked my hand in a friendly greeting, and I could not help but smile at it “Do not fear, he will not harm you,” Mechtild said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Where he didn’t slink around and shrink from him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The frigid air conditioning made his pores shrink. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She glanced around the room and seemed to shrink even more at the sight of the sofas, the radiogram, the curtains. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They will stride forward, hands outstretched, girls from high school bloated or diminished, skins crinkled, frowns permanent, smooth-fleshed boyfriends of thirty years ago who’ve gone bald or grown mustaches or shrunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen had shrunk since the last time I was in it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Day by day, week by week, little by little Shirley shrank until she was no more. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Yet while Woody grew, Papa seemed to shrink, losing potency. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Imagine if we could have said, “Oops, this is too hard,” and shrunk in size, returned to a place of being just kids, the way we always had been. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. was not one to shrink from a compliment. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The Wall was weeping copiously, had been weeping for days, and sometimes Jon even imagined it was shrinking. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As it was, she could feel her curls unceremoniously uncurling; she forced herself to converse, that she might not see herself in a small, strange room, ever shrinking with shame, far away from everyone else. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I stabbed myself with the needle, but my stitches shrank. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Even the nightfire shrank and grew feeble, to the dismay of the queen’s men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Half the crowd surged forward, and half of it shrank back. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Our family time was when big worries and urgent concerns got abruptly and mercilessly shrunk to nothing so that the small could rightly take over. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She stared at me, her eyes shrunk to mere dots. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only was the one-time golden girl working with three PhD candidates, she was seeing two shrinks. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The station seemed even dimmer than before, as if the windows had shrunk since I entered the building. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z One thing he failed to see was that if a neutron star shrank enough it would become so dense that even light couldn’t escape its immense gravitational pull. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z As one senator put it: “Our national honor is at stake. We cannot and we will not shrink from defending it.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Taking deep breaths that filled his nostrils with the tang of salt and seaweed, he struck out for the shimmering, shrinking light now moving deeper into the cliff. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And with my persistence that crummy black hole would eventually shrink and no longer have such a strong gravitational pull. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Then I stroked grease into the leftover bush-ball, tugging it straight, then letting it go, watching it shrink back into dark brown cotton candy. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z She’d shrunk against Tom, and he had his arm around her. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls of this elevator are made of crystal so that you can watch the people on the ground floor shrink to ants as you shoot up into the air. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Monsoon cast a waterfall in front of them, then whispered a few words that shrank the waterfall into a gray pendant. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There is a story too that he shrank and shrank in size until at last Aurora with a feeling for the natural fitness of things turned him into the skinny and noisy grasshopper. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At the edges of town, ancient-looking cottages stood abandoned and roofless, evidence of a shrinking population, children lured away from centuries-old fishing and farming traditions by more glamorous opportunities elsewhere. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z As it was, after I dismissed it as rubbish, we both shrank back from the whole territory. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Pong's heart shrank to the size of a peppercorn. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Aunt Petunia had decided it must have shrunk in the wash and, to his great relief, Harry wasn’t punished. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He touched the sword tip, and Riptide shrank back into a pen. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He was the only one to notice that he was shrinking. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I had shrunk four inches; my shoes were swimming on me, and my hair had gone completely white, but I wasn’t crying anymore. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Your Honor, literally I shrink from the mere recital of this dastardly crime. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Just like that, all the enormity seems to shrink into a ball and float away from my reach. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He stroked Grover, whose spots seemed to expand and shrink as he panted. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of the lamassus, Shere Khan and Simba, had been torn free of the harness and were lying on the floor, mewling pitifully as they shrank back into their cat forms. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Ruth May shrank back through the narrow passage between this brief fabric of light and all the rest of what there is for us: the long waiting. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, as the koala’s diet shrank, so did its brain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z With every step and every word the three men shrank back as a group, though Clyde didn’t lower the gun. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Pax shrank back, but Gray advanced calmly, his body lowered enough to declare nonaggression. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It really gets me, too, the way so many of them “shrink” the moment they step inside a hospital. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I paced the lawn to check it hadn’t grown or shrunk. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only then that it occurred to him that she might not be shrinking from him, but drawing him with her deeper into the gloom. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Her joy on the road that morning had completely disappeared; the wide world shrank and her oldest fears rolled freely in her consciousness. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z For a few moments she looked at Mark Fossie, who seemed to shrink away, then she turned and moved back into the gloom. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Arnold seemed to have shrunk with each word. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The incinerate corpses shrunk to the size of a child and propped on the bare springs of the seats. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z There is a point at which gas, in theory, takes up no space at all; Charles’ law says that a balloon of gas must shrink to zero space. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The man covered his groin with both hands and shrank from view. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She shrank to one side, as close as she could get to the wall of thorns, hoping that whoever it was might go on past, not seeing her. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I mean his pa was purt close to Pap’s size and his ma wasn’t no shrinking violet of a woman neither. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z His cloak flapped around him, too large suddenly, as if the man inside had shrunk. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z For some reason it did not surprise him; it only made him feel worse, a quantitative addition to the weight shrinking him from every side. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She shrank from his stare; it silenced her crying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Armin shouted, and I shrank back, believing we were being cursed in some foreign tongue. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z But then I remembered how my voice would betray me, shrink back, and cling to my lungs, while I stupidly stand on a stage with people staring at me. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The world had shrunk to a tiny patch of road, where he struggled to stay alive. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z To me, he says, “I had to because I shrank.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “They have a file on us,” I said, watching my brother shrink in the distance. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His whole world must shrink down to the small space within the gunwales. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “If a nation’s profits shrink, then it is every man’s business.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His features bunched low on his face, as though shrinking with awe from his shiny domed forehead. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z For a while she simply stands there before tending to the shampooing of her hair, the soaping of her softening, slightly shrinking fifty-three-year-old body, which she must fortify each morning with calcium pills. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Something in him shrank from violence, from contention, from the silent shrieking tensions that can rip at a house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was quite literally a tightening and a shrinking of the skin all over my body from the top of my head to the tips of my fingers to the ends of my toes! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Her office has a bookshelf, like all shrinks’ offices. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Mum's staring at the heron, appalled, as it shrinks into the lost blue. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Her fingers and palms became damp, shrinking at the ghost’s thick short hair like an animal’s coat, which slides against warm solidity as human flesh slides against muscles and bones. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The red taillights shrank into the distance; the chalky ring of ashes merged into the moonlight. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Her body curled too; as the weeks turned to months, she shrank into herself like the stiffest of fetuses, shrivelling, her skin sallow and waxy. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Caused his heart to shrivel and shrink inside him. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Gosh,” she says, squeezing my toe, “you sound like my shrink.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The other fiends seemed to shrink from her. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Slopper’s hand shot up, exposing his round belly hanging out the bottom of his shrinking T-shirt. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The inward person doth shrink and hesitate before the daunting inception of active deeds, wishing that some discouraging voice should intervene and forbid, so that no hazard might be made. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z His shrinking was so infinitesimal, so slow and so sly, that no one other than himself had noticed it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And there is nothing else left to do but to shrink and squeeze until everything has turned to dust and disappeared. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Gradually the heart in Enoch’s hand began to slow and shrink, its color fading to a blackish gray, like meat left too long in the freezer. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z But he knew Somkit would only shrink away, back inside himself. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Ranofer dodged a kick and scrambled to his feet, shrinking back against the wall. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The heat was working its nasty magic, and the inside of the body was beginning to swell even as the skin was drying out and shrinking. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It occurred to him that the bodies of the gods might still be up there, left where they’d died, but he didn’t see why that should cause such a trembling and shrinking. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Like all shrinks’ offices, anyway, it has The Bookshelf full of required reading. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z There may be a solemn duty; and if it come we must not shrink from it.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The shrink is a man, a nice man. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It could expand into a full-size laptop, shrink into a tablet computer, or fold into a wafer of metal smaller than a cell phone. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And just like that my moonstone badge shrinks back into a trainee badge. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I watch my weight and old Helen is only visible full front plus on top of which she is this leading child shrink in Manhattan and our kid can roll faster than he can walk. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Frozen and shrinking, I stand stunned onstage until the orchestra has finished the piece, Marschner coming to my aid and playing the melody I should be singing. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Slowly the river shrank as the grain sprouted, grew, and covered the black with emerald; continued to shrink under the ever more powerful sun as the emerald ripened into gold. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z At seven years old, he hadn’t wanted to talk, or maybe he just hadn’t known how to shrink that kind of loss into words. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Slash-and-burn was a product of European axes—and European diseases, which so shrank Indian groups that they adopted this less laborious but also less productive method of agriculture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A lot of guys didn't like the shrink for the same reason I didn't—he had too much power over our lives. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Her life had gotten bound up with a domineering man, and so she shrank from the challenge her sisters were giving her. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She caught his eye and quickly shrank back out of sight. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Even then, I find myself shrinking into my chair. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z My clothes were getting too big, or C.C. was getting too tall—no, I was shrinking. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He took a step toward her and she shrank back, no longer certain of his harmlessness—if he couldn’t talk, he might have to act. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But he couldn't do none of that, so he shrank mentally. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Her voice got softer as she sort of seemed to be shrinking. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There were two Biggers: one was determined to get rest and sleep at any cost; and the other shrank from images charged with terror. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z See a shrink. in the nick of time. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt as if he was shrinking, as though his fear was boiling up inside him and he was melting away. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z She had lost weight and at first I thought she might have grown, because she looked taller, but then I realized it was just an optical illusion, the effect of my own shrinking. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Shielding her face with her hands, Lady Constance shrank back in fear. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z At his glance, Minli shrank to the ground in a humble kowtow. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He shrank back, and for a moment he stood trembling in the hall. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She is opening her mouth to state the obvious fact that the ring, though very pretty, does not fit, when she realizes that it is shrinking on her hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z By the time we reach Pluto, we have come so far that the Sun–our dear, warm, skin-tanning, life-giving Sun–has shrunk to the size of a pinhead. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z With husband and children now far away, her living space shrunk from a spacious house to a single room, her suitcase now her closet, Dorothy’s daily existence was reduced to its simplest elements. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I saw each of them shrink away from him. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z You didn’t shrink from her gentle touch and kind voice. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z As he hit the ground, his avatar’s body transformed and shrank back to its normal size and appearance. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Globalization 3.0 is shrinking the world from a size small to a size tiny and flattening the playing field at the same time. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Riptide shrank back into a ballpoint pen, but now the writing point was exposed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z No way he was going to go be shrunk. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I shrank back, my face flaming as if I’d been struck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He smacked his fist into his palm so violently that I shrank back. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Rafik said, “Let's hope the hat has shrinking powers, too, and makes you tiny, the size of a salt shaker. Otherwise that tray's going to tip.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The tide was coming in and the mud flat had shrunk to the width of a path. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Lyra shrank back; she didn’t have the strength just yet to face them as she would have liked to do, and it was Will who had to speak first. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The vegan daughter in question shrinks into her seat, like she’s trying to disappear. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z |
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