Sentence examples for are contracting from inspiring English sources
verb
To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- The snail's body contracted into its shell.
Both private and public sectors are contracting.
Many smaller businesses are contracting as well, officials say.
They want to understand who they are contracting with.
Which kinds of distances are expanding and which are contracting?
All the while, the boundaries of the park are contracting, as agriculture advances in the area.
In general, a reading below 50 indicates that manufacturers are contracting rather than expanding.
The problems are most acute in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, where the economies are contracting.
One problem is that today's managers haven't had experience of running services that are contracting.
If the decline means that fewer people are contracting cancer, then that is great news.
"The number of young men who have sex with men who are contracting HIV is increasing.
Employment and real incomes are contracting (see chart 2); interest rates and inflation are rising.
