Sentence examples for the contracted from inspiring English sources
verb
To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- The snail's body contracted into its shell.
A mechanochemical model for adult dermal wound contraction and the permanence of the contracted tissue displacement profile.
Piceatannol pretreatment slightly suppressed peak anaphylactic bronchial contraction but facilitated relaxation of the contracted bronchi.
At the time the contracted inspection service provider would have received this letter.
The width may exceed 2.5 centimetres (about one inch) in the contracted state.
Leeches attain lengths of about 0.4 metre in the contracted state.
There are no antagonistic muscles to counteract the contracted circular muscles.
I was offered the same accommodation at £200, then £252 – still way beyond the contracted price.
The contracted entity would be paid a generous fee, but the oil would remain public property.
"Our average working week is 55 hours rather than the contracted 40.
More than $5 million of the contracted sum has been paid out, the newspaper reported.
The only way to do that is to train with one of the contracted bus operators.
