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

Under the amendment, the total number of commissioners would shrink from 35 to as few as seven, and the staff required to host meetings also would shrink significantly. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

As his college chums settled into respectable professions, Hawthorne shrank from the grim prospect of free enterprise. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

As competition intensifies, Jensen expects the proportion of traders considered to have an edge to shrink from 3% to potentially below 1%. — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026

Seattle handled New England 29-13 in the most recent SB and is favored again, though the line had shrunk from an opening 4 1/2 to a field goal as of midday Tuesday. — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for shrink from

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