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Discover LudwigThe phrase "grow shorter" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is most commonly used as a descriptive phrase to indicate that something is becoming smaller or decreasing in size over time. Example: As the sun set over the horizon, the shadows in the room grew shorter and soon disappeared completely.
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Trees grow shorter in winter,.
As the days grow shorter, the running times grow longer.
Belts will tighten and tempers will grow shorter.
But the Congressional Budget Office was correct in assuming that hospital stays would grow shorter.
Dependent on ice floes for hunting, they are losing turf and time as winters grow shorter.
The red is new: it's being made in the leaf as the days grow shorter.
EVEN when the days grow shorter and colder, the open road still beckons to motorcyclists.
When she looked at her legs during the stimulation, she saw them grow shorter.
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Tempers grow short, nerves fray, pent-up frustrations suddenly erupt.
Oh, the days grow short when we reach September.
The time to fine-tune for the playoffs is beginning to grow short for the first-place Devils.
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