The Japanese economy is in a stubborn slump, and the European Community's car market, where Japan's market share is restricted by a voluntary agreement, is rapidly contracting.

The dragon's pupils dilated and contracted rapidly, and he puffed out a thin tendril of smoke.

Almost at once it started to contract rapidly as the foreshortening increased with the angle at a rate that hinted of the fearsome buildup of speed.

No sooner did they come face to face with it, round a bend in the valley, than the cloud rapidly contracted, till it was no bigger than a house.

In 1982 the Mexican economy, which had substantially relied on oil exports, contracted rapidly as the price of oil fell and interest rates rose worldwide.

But the defense and high technology industries, important to this county and the state, have been contracting rapidly, and construction is also in a protracted slump.

This causes the cremaster muscle on the same side to rapidly contract, raising that testicle.

Contracting rapidly from the rain, the strap choked Upman.

Oz's pupils dilated and contracted rapidly.

His fingers locked round her arms, his chest expanding and contracting rapidly beneath the jacket of the formal business suit he wore.