Sentence examples for contraction a from inspiring English sources
The pressure is reflected in what many say will be a protracted period of contraction, a period already begun.
With each contraction a twofold effect is produced to facilitate the dilation, or opening, of the cervix.
Slower exports and weak domestic demand were largely to blame for the contraction – a sign that Abe's attempts to boost spending is failing to deliver.
The strong quarterly performance came after two quarters of contraction, a turnaround officials attributed to improved domestic demand and private capital spending.
To carry research forward, it was necessary to find ways of observing exactly how the network of filaments in individual muscle fibres behaved during contraction, a problem which Huxley saw called for a new kind of microscope.
Meanwhile, in a move that seems counterintuitive in light of all this contraction, a real estate company has opened an office in Scarsdale, N.Y.: Engel & V?rs, which is based in Hamburg, Germany, and has 400 offices worldwide.
The heady, brilliant, fifty-plus years documented here follow a somewhat predictable arc — an immortal opening salvo, a period of expansion, a period of contraction, a period of nonexistence — and "Sound System" tells that story, dutifully if redundantly.
From the mitral inflow profile, the early diastolic mitral flow velocity (E) and atrial contraction (A -wave velocity A -wave E-deceleration time were measured, and the early-to-atrial left velocitylandfilling rathe (E/A) was calculated.
15 The measurements of peak flow velocity in early diastole (E-wave) and during atrial contraction (A-wave), peak E/A ratio and the E-wave deceleration time (EDT) were done online in one heart cycle.
Recently, Selig suggested that "contraction" -- a euphemism for getting rid of some teams by consolidating them with others -- is an option he is considering.
As I started to push, the midwife and assisting nurse noticed that my baby's heart rate was recovering slowly from each contraction -- a little bit too slowly.
