Example Sentences

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A backward baseball cap on his head, he had compressed his 6-foot-1 frame into a corner booth at a TriBeCa restaurant.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2014

I leaned on Robin like an older sister in the early years of our acquaintance, when our five-year age difference seemed enormous, but over time, the gap had compressed and we’d become peers.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2014

It was noticed, for example, that the 85th floor was six inches lower than it was supposed to be: the weight of the steel had compressed the lower floors.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2011

His experience of time's passage had compressed by a factor of two.

From Time • Mar. 13, 2011

It had compressed, gradually squashing into a smaller space.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland