Sentence examples for be compressed from inspiring English sources
verb
To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
- The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement.
That choice meant complex procedure had to be compressed.
Peaky Blinders shoots tend to be compressed and demanding.
Can the history really be compressed into 200 pages?
Characters and objects can be compressed down to incredibly small files.
The carbon dioxide would be compressed and pumped into deep soil layers.
Classes for Tech students, which also used to be 40 minutes, will be compressed to 37.
Turk-Browne speculated that Johnson's "sense of time might be compressed".
This must then be compressed and undergo the necessary geological processes to become a fossil.
Elephants will be compressed to eke out a living in small islands of protected areas.
Elena Ferrante tends to be compressed and symbolic where Knausgaard is digressive and flat.
With plenty of gas and tumbling prices, the time scale could well be compressed.
