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The phrase "appear to shrink" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that seems to decrease in size or importance, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "As the deadline approached, my confidence began to appear to shrink under the pressure of expectations."
Alternatives: "seem to diminish" or "look like it's reducing".
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In the absence of alcohol, your living room doesn't appear to shrink and grow repeatedly.
That's the source of the trope: the violet may appear to shrink from the cold because it often blossoms early.
They have spoken of small areas of the brain that appear to shrink, and psychological tests that yield subtle clues.
Randy knows his dad is looking better all the time as current home run totals and body contours appear to shrink at the same rate.
To a distant observer it would appear to be coming out of the black hole, and, since the energy for its creation had been borrowed from the black hole's gravitational field and then not been paid back, the black hole would accordingly appear to shrink.
Poetry sections in bookshops appear to shrink by the month.
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Other spaces have also appeared to shrink.
The achievement gap for blacks also appeared to shrink slightly in the city.
When she believes she has killed Aminta, her body appears to shrink with grief.
In clinical trials, the drug appeared to shrink tumors in about half the patients who took it.
Mr. Balster levitates Ms. Balster, dressed like a Christmas elf, and even appears to shrink her body.
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