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

Likewise, Google’s Cloud Threat Horizons research found that the time between vulnerability disclosure and widespread exploitation has shrunk from weeks to days. — Alex Spokoiny, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

The company’s cash and short-term investments have shrunk from $911 million in December 2023 to $596 million in December 2024 to $338 million at the end of last year, according to FactSet. — Los Angeles Times, 29 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

Rhymes for shrink from

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