shrinkingly
- a word derived from shrink.
Example Sentences
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In the middle of the world's biggest war, a shrinkingly sensitive first novel with a 1920 theme has become a 1943 bestseller.
From Time Magazine Archive
She looked shrinkingly and fearfully up at me as I came in.
From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)
"Oh, I couldn't sing all alone," objected Dorothy shrinkingly.
From Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)
She saw, as if in a vision, the Emir spring from his seat and come hastily forward to where she stood shrinkingly at Captain Dove's shoulder.
From The White Blackbird by Douglas, Hudson
The woman dropped the piece of rag she held, and passed shrinkingly into the shop, took the already weighed-out tobacco from a jar, and held out her hand for the money.
From Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One by Fenn, George Manville
