Sentence examples for contracted rather than from inspiring English sources

Walker, despite his number-juggling, has contracted rather than expanded the state's economy.

In chronic cholecystitis the gallbladder often is contracted rather than swollen; its wall is grayish white, tough, and thickened.

Under current plans, strongly supported by the uniformed leadership, the transition to a contracted, rather than conscripted force would not begin in earnest until 2011.

"Ultimately, that means you will contract rather than grow".

In general, a reading below 50 indicates that manufacturers are contracting rather than expanding.

For the first time in five months, the index suggested that factories were contracting rather than expanding.

But now, thanks to the will of 52% of British voters, the EU looks set to contract rather than enlarge for the first time in its history.

"I think growing up in the early 1980s it was kind of a dark time, and it felt like minds were contracting rather than expanding," Liza said on the phone from the Bay Area on Tuesday, speaking eloquently for our cohort.

Testing at one of the earlier hospitals showed that, like the diaphragm, the voluntary muscles of the pelvic floor were contracting rather than relaxing when there was a sense of fullness.

A reading below 50 indicates that output is contracting, rather than growing.

"We seem to be the only sport that has a World Cup that is contracting rather than expanding".