shrink
verb (used without object)
to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance.
am shrinking
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present progressiveof shrink (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I was willing then to say, 'At any cost to myself,' and here I am shrinking from the share He has given me! dreading the pain and loneliness.
From We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses by Barbara Yechton
