shrink from

VERB
  1. avoid (one's assigned duties)
    The derelict soldier shirked his duties
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How To Use shrink from In A Sentence

  • Once Washington volunteered to lend both his services and his prestige to leading the Continental Militia (and later national Army), he did not shrink from the hardship, nor the task ahead. Your History Moment: Father of His Country « Third Point of Singularity
  • We must not shrink from the legitimate use of force if we are to remain credible.
  • They did not shrink from doing what was right.
  • We thrive on the superficial barb, and shrink from the deeper, more complex, less titillating ambiguities of an issue.
  • Mankind censure injustice, fearing that they may be the victims of it and not because they shrink from commintting it. 
  • Goldman's move severs one of its last links to the financial crisis, which saw the ranks of big standalone U.S. investment banks shrink from five to zero in the space of six months.
  • But we don't shrink from a fight here at MTV News so we're endeavoring to settle the argument once and for all. Who Is The Greatest Badass Of All Time? MTV News’ Search Begins! » MTV Movies Blog
  • The home actually has 1,500 square feet of living space, in line with a trend toward "rightsizing" homes that saw average floor area of newly built home shrink from 2,629 to 2,438 square feet in the last quarter of 2008. Tiny Greenwich Village home makes the most of minimal space
  • The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
  • We naturally shrink from the thought of death, and of its attendant circumstances; but all that is hateful and fearful about it will be fulfilled in our case, one by one. Bring Back Dies Irae
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