shrunk

[ shruhngk ]

verb

1. a past participle and simple past tense of shrink.

shrunk

/ ʃrʌŋk /

verb

1. See shrink
   a past participle and past tense of shrink

Other Words From

• un·shrunk adjective

Example Sentences

No surprise then that aside from wealthy coastal suburbs, the Democratic base has shrunk to the urban cores and college towns.

From The Daily Beast

I was shown how much the value of my life had shrunk on my very first day in the state system.

From The Daily Beast

This is all true even as the distance between standards of living in the United States and other developed countries has shrunk.

From The Daily Beast

A 33-year-old mother talked about how her breasts shrunk after nursing her children, and how it made her feel less feminine.

From The Daily Beast

Cleveland may have shrunk, but it remains relevant both numerically and as a cautionary tale.

From The Daily Beast

Poor Anastatia, as a hare nestles in its form, had almost shrunk beneath the bed-clothes.

From Project Gutenberg

In the last few weeks his sane and normal self seemed to have shrunk within him.

From Project Gutenberg

The dark, saturnine stranger had shrunk away into the background of his life, and no longer seemed of importance to him.

From Project Gutenberg

Digby might have been flattered with the remark, but he would have rather shrunk from the career they proposed for him.

From Project Gutenberg

The figure of this man, who had once loomed so largely in his life, had gradually shrunk away into the background.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• decreased
• diminished
• shortened