"shrink against" is a correct phrase that can be used in written English.
It means to shrink or draw back in fear, anxiety, or discomfort. Example: The child shrank against the wall, afraid of the loud thunder outside.
He bends, shrinking against further violence, and the frame also holds him down, subjugates him.
Viewers were not much impressed with a Shania Twain-themed episode of "American Idol" on Tuesday night, as Fox's usually substantial margin of victory shrank against a lineup of new CBS shows.
The dollar is shrinking against the strong euro and eroding the huge profits that were coming from America.
There is an enormous ongoing battle which pits the Cheney/Limbaugh position of party purity (motto: "We can expand by shrinking!") against the "big tent" idea of the Republican Party (motto: "Remember winning elections? We do!") which is inclusive of different flavors of Republicanism.
They freeze, shrink back against the walls, eyes asquint, their revolvers pointed at the captives.
Many of the same commentators, who rightly tear their garments over every tragic incident, are precisely the same ones who want government to shrink, rail against the interventionist "nanny state", condemn local authorities for what they pay to senior staff and feel taxation – at whatever level – is too high.
It was mesmerizing to watch the tendons shrink and curl against high wisps of flame as the spit rose, crested, and fell.
This does not mean that we should shrink from retaliating against those who attack us and the leaders of any state that harbors them.
They were quiet men; but they did not shrink from agitating against oppression.
Your muscles need time to recover if you don't want them to shrink, which goes against your mission of getting a huge butt.
