Sentence examples for * the contraction from inspiring English sources

But the contraction proved short-lived.

We just leave the contraction thing alone".

They are Exhibit A in the contraction debate.

"It's uncertain how dramatic the contraction would be".

It now estimates the contraction rate at 8.9 percent.

Now, with the contraction, once-sound businesses are struggling.

It never really recovered from the contraction, under Margaret Thatcher, of its rail industry.

As the contraction of the cosmetics industry segued into the Great Recession, he grew desperate.

When the contraction ended, the nurse put Julia's bed down flat.

But, Mr. Arnold said, the contraction "isn't meant to exclude any one group or sector".

The attacks clearly deepened the contraction and may have been an important factor in turning the episode into a recession".