shrunk

[ shruhngk ]

verb

1. a past participle and simple past tense of shrink.

shrunk

/ ʃrʌŋk /

verb

1. a past participle and past tense of shrink

Other Words From

• un·shrunk adjective

Example Sentences

Briatore has since appointed Briton Oliver Oakes as team principal and told Sky Sports Italia recently that the workforce at the UK base in Enstone, Oxfordshire, had shrunk by 300 people, from 1,150 to 850.

From BBC

The company maintained that it never shrunk its portion sizes.

From Salon

The average flow of the Colorado River, a major water source for seven states and northern Mexico, has shrunk about 20% since 2000, and scientists have estimated that roughly half that decline in flow has been caused by the higher temperatures.

From Los Angeles Times

A man's brain tumour has shrunk by half in a matter of weeks thanks to a new radioactive therapy.

From BBC

In 2017, Trump drastically shrunk two Obama-era designations, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah, in what amounted to the biggest slash of federal land protections in the history of the United States.

From Salon

Related Words

• decreased
• diminished
• shortened