Sentence examples for which was shrinking from inspiring English sources

It picked up Shopping.com for less than $500,000 two years ago from the online search engine AltaVista, which was shrinking during the high-tech meltdown.

He recited the roster of accomplishments that are by now as familiar as the stops on the No. 6 train: unemployment is the lowest it has been in years, the streets have never been cleaner, crime has never, or rarely, been rarer, and the city, which was shrinking, is growing — there will be about nine million New Yorkers a quarter century from now.

A few years ago, someone I know in the banking industry moved from her part of the business, which was shrinking, into compliance, which has been growing since the sub-prime mortgage debacle.

That gives it a leg up on the old Lot C, which was shrinking.

Washington's army, which was shrinking in size due to expiring enlistments, and desertions due to poor morale, took refuge in Pennsylvania on the western shore of the Delaware River in November, removing all the available watercraft to deny the British any opportunity to cross the wide river.

North of Grand Street is the city's lighting fixture district, which is shrinking as a result of rising rents.

This is now almost as valuable as that of the United States, which is shrinking, according to the UNODC.

The most visible contraction has been in Citi's consumer business, which is shrinking from 50 countries to 24, and in America, from 14 cities to seven.

Japan needs to expand its work force, which is shrinking rapidly as a result of a sagging birth rate and an aging population.

"People are moving away from parishes, and those remaining are having less children than their parents had, which is shrinking the size of many parishes.

Now it is almost as big as the minivan market, which is shrinking fast, and automakers have at least three dozen new models on their drawing boards.