shrink from

verb

shrank from or shrunk from; shrunk from or shrunken from; shrinking from; shrinks from

: to try to avoid (something difficult or unpleasant) : to be unwilling to do (something)

He doesn't shrink from telling the truth, no matter how painful it may be.

She won't shrink from the task.

Examples of shrink from in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The median size of homes built today has actually shrunk from a peak of 2,466 square feet in 2015. —Jake Angelo, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026

Despite a recent spate of violent offenders being paroled at relatively high rates under the Mattis decision, the overall parole rate has shrunk from 65% to 57% under Chair Angelo Gomez. —Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 22 Apr. 2026

In the past decade, the North Sea workforce has shrunk from 450,000 to 160,000; the hope that jobs would be created in renewable energy to replace them has not yet been borne out. —The Week Uk, TheWeek, 19 Apr. 2026

Freemasons today Freemasons today have largely shrunk from their once quite prestigious influence in American society. —Derek Arnold, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for shrink from

• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• income
• outcome
• succumb
• therefrom
• wherefrom
• abomasum
• bum
• chum
• come