shrink from something

But the project seems to have been shrinking almost from the beginning.

Next year its work force will shrink to 275,000 from 407,000 in 1986.

The size of the average board, he said, was shrinking from 13 members to 12.

We shrink from the subject but cannot leave it alone.

I do what must be done, and shrink not from it.

There were times when she did not shrink from war.

The man is shrinking from him, but he doesn't look away.

"Why do you shrink from me as I ask this question?"

Others shrink from the idea; it is against what they stand for.

In fact, Government spending is set to shrink from 2011.