Shrunk

Examples

• St. Clare was at last willing to call in medical advice,--a thing from which he had always shrunk, because it was the admission of an unwelcome truth. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He shrunk behind the curtains, and called out very loudly-- 'Ha-hum! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• If that were so, my sacrifice was nothing; my plainest obligation to her unfulfilled; and every poor action I had shrunk from, I was hourly doing. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• There was hair upon the end, which blazed and shrunk into a light cinder, and, caught by the air, whirled up the chimney. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• If he were ever a big old man, he has shrunk into a little old man; if he were always a little old man, he has dwindled into a less old man. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• These antique guns were made by welding longitudinal bars of iron together and binding them by iron rings shrunk on while hot. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• When she came there of an evening, she always shrunk from accepting his escort home, and ran away with me instead. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She had not tried to see Dorset alone: she had positively shrunk from a renewal of his confidences. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I should have thought your self respect and your Porter pride would have shrunk from admitting, even to yourself, that you were a bought woman. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• My hand shrunk from the grasp of Fortitude, who continued his firm and undeviating road, frequently beckoning me to follow him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• A shipment of eight gallons from New York to Washington for lecture purposes shrunk to three gallons in two days’ time. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• If she could have anticipated them, how she would have shrunk away and hid herself from the coming time! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• But tell him, sir,' she had shrunk away from him, 'if you don't feel too hard to me to do it, that I never was in any way the cause of his misfortune. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The convict thought on the many times he had shrunk from his father's sight in that very place. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Isaac shrunk together, and was silent. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The liner and tube are then placed upright in an assembling pit, the jacket and hoops shrunk on, and the finishing work done, as above said, the breech mechanism being finally fitted. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Mrs. Bardell screamed violently; Tommy roared; Mrs. Cluppins shrunk within herself; and Mrs. Sanders made off, without more ado. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Like the jacket, these also are shrunk on. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Sometimes they played tricks upon him; but they never knew how he felt them, and shrunk up, when he was alone with me. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• They had shrunk past homeless people, lying coiled up in nooks. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It was a subject which she must learn to speak of, and the weakness that shrunk from it would soon be quite unpardonable. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I should myself have shrunk from any thing so hasty, and she would have felt every scruple of mine with multiplied strength and refinement. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Raymond did not wonder, that, thus situated, the artist had shrunk from notice, but he did not for this alter his resolve. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• If I shrunk into myself, hiding the disrespect I had undergone, it was because I honoured you so much, and so much wished that you should honour me! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• A hundred times on the point of yielding, she had shrunk back from a sacrifice which she felt was too much for her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Those who have shrunk from me because of this, have shrunk from you, and proved you so far right. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He re-entered the shed, and shrunk down once more. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• His eyes were dim; his hair had turned completely grey; his face was wizen; his figure had shrunk. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The men spoke together, and then one of them came up to Higgins, who would have fain shrunk back into his house. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• In your place, I am afraid I should have shrunk from it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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