Sentence examples for area shrunk from inspiring English sources

Manufacturing jobs, long the lifeblood of the area, shrunk by 38 percent statewide since 1990.

What was once a country property, is now surrounded by houses, its total area shrunk from hundreds of acres to four.

Returning refugees and local communities used the park for cattle-grazing; the protected area shrunk by more than half, due to conversion to agriculture and the government's decision to grant land to returning refugees.

Gradually the water area shrunk in the dry season (Figure 1i).

The wetland landscape area shrank by 59857.83 hm2 during 1966 2000.

A third report said that manufacturing in the Philadelphia area shrank this month.

It must make longer and more hazardous journeys as its grazing area shrinks because of new highways and housing developments.

Then, he said, evaporation would slow down as the surface area shrank, and the water level would stabilize.

Figures released on September 3rd confirmed that the euro area shrank in the three months to June.

Among the more dramatic examples are Mongolia and Lesotho, which have each seen their grain area shrink as a result of soil erosion.

A third report, from the Federal Reserve, said that manufacturing in the Philadelphia area shrank this month by the most since December 2001.