Sentence examples for shrank like from inspiring English sources

Their already faltering economy shrank like a cashmere jumper in a hot wash.

In Rabbit Redux Harry feels he has "come in on the end" of the American dream, "as the world shrank like an apple going bad"; by the start of Rabbit is Rich he feels "the great American ride is ending"; by the end of Rabbit at Rest "the whole free world is wearing out".

You shrink like Fred Flintstone did when Wilma caught him in a lie.

I can feel my brain shrinking like a dried-out sponge.

It is slowly shrinking, like the town of about 500 itself.

When this free-range timber ages, it doesn't warp or shrink like newer woods.

The size of It in my life keeps shrinking like a tawdry rest stop in our rearview mirror.

When she did this, she suddenly descended several inches, giving the disconcerting impression that she was shrinking, like Alice after consuming the bottle labelled "Drink me".

The folds of the sleeveless top grow and shrink like a jellyfish as it swims against a strong current; the lower half is a flirty skirt.

So there you are, Horatio, the last man standing, holding off 30,000 foes who make a "wild wrathful clamour" and who, when faced with you, shrink like boys.

"But the other companies did it while their business was growing, not while shrinking, like Aetna's business is," he said.