Sentence examples for strong contraction from inspiring English sources

"Sluggish economic performance was triggered by a strong contraction of private investment in the wake of increasing violence," Pinotti said.

Ms. Biggs said a strong contraction had caused her to lose control of the car, the police said.

Pain arises from hollow viscera when the passage of their contents is obstructed and the musculature must undergo strong contraction and stretching.

In addition, muscles fail to relax after a strong contraction, so that, for example, the patient cannot easily let go after shaking hands.

15A Scheme: proximal retraction after strong contraction.

In particular, companies employing higher shares of white-collar, high-skilled, and permanent workers were less likely to experience a strong contraction of demand and credit.

Others had hoped to speed their labor by taking herbal medicine but were suffering dangerously strong contractions.

He also paid a $150,000 judgment in a 2004 case in which he administered Pitocin, a labor-inducing drug, to a woman having strong contractions.

The explanation proposed by the author is based on the strong contractions or expansions of the Peruvian economy, which makes the correct identification of cycles more difficult.

The giant anteater's stomach, similar to a bird's gizzard, has hardened folds and uses strong contractions to grind up the insects.

When Engel began having strong contractions, he pulled into a gas station and, with a 911 dispatcher on the line, delivered the couple's second baby at 7 20 a.m., the Chicago Tribune reports.