shrink
verb (used without object)
to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance.
unshrinkingly
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a word derived from
shrink.
Example Sentences
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Dalvaby Jim Harrison This is a quintessential question from Harrison, a writer who confronts the human world as unshrinkingly as he confronts the natural world, and is often examining how the two fit together.
From The Guardian ● May 17, 2012
"Stay, Minny; can you learn to think of me kindly; and, in coming days, to witness my affection for another unshrinkingly?"
From The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans by Mary Ashley Townsend
With head erect, she looked unshrinkingly around her.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 by Eugène Sue
“What is Death?” he asks; “let me peer into the grave unshrinkingly and see for myself.”
From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Irene Langridge
The gaze was returned by Talbot calmly, quietly, and unshrinkingly, without boldness, and yet without shyness.
From A Castle in Spain A Novel by James De Mille
