Sentence examples for we shrank from inspiring English sources

So we shrank it and moved it near the couch".

We of the ANC had always stood for a non-racial democracy, and we shrank from any action which might drive the races further apart.

We of the ANC had always stood for a non-racial democracy, and we shrank from any action which might drive the races further apart than they already were.

"In 1975–I mean I was living through a textbook case," says he. "We shrank.

Have we shrunk their possibilities?

We shrink at that question.

"From no danger shall we shrink".

This feels believable; we shrink toward the end.

We shrink from the subject but cannot leave it alone.

What if we shrink our presence in Afghanistan?

We do not seek war, but neither do we shrink from it.