Sentence examples for shrank with from inspiring English sources

Accordingly, estates shrank with each generation.

When the peat soil was drained it shrank, with the odd result that the waterways now stand well above the level of the land.

He was glad to escape the ghetto as it shrank, with the people crammed like sardines, and the stench of carbon lamps and sweaty straw mattresses.

Japan's experience proved the dangers of that downward swirl; the economy stagnated, new lending ground to a halt and the country's diplomatic clout shrank with its balance sheets.

The troupes performed in theaters before their audience shrank with the fading of an older generation of devotees, some of whom now stay home to watch opera on DVD.

One reason progress had been slow was that many chip makers thought the performance benefits of strained silicon would be overwhelmed by other forces as the distance between transistors shrank with each new generation of chips.

Their endowments have also shrunk with the stockmarket.

Now the Sea is shrinking with alarming rapidity.

He is plump with decent lust, she shrinks with embarrassment.

Others have had profits shrink with the declining stock market.

Plot sizes are shrinking with each successive family division.