Example Sentences
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Shrinks call this borderline personality disorder, like living on the outside looking in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2018
Shrinks in literature have an unfortunate habit of becoming overly involved with their clients, and psychotherapist Jessica Mayhew is no exception.
From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2013
An Outpost Shrinks on a Japanese Island A community of descendants of 19th-century settlers is shrinking in Chichi Jima, as young people leave the settlement, a 25-hour ferry ride from Tokyo.
From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2012
More from TIME: Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Second-Lowest Level on Record According to a new study published in the November 6 Nature, that wild card is still wild.
From Time • Nov. 8, 2011
No skill in acting can I deem complete, Till from the wise the actor gain applause: Know that the heart e'en of the truly skilful, Shrinks from too boastful confidence in self.
From Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala by Arnold, Edwin, Sir
