Meanings of compress into in English

Hoffman did, too, because she watched his lips compress into an even tighter line.

They compress into it the desires of a lifetime.

That made Valmont's lips compress into a line.

Half of every book must elude him, and the other half he must compress into snappy phrases.

She seemed to compress into the space.

Latticed, knee-high baskets compress into suitcases.

We will endeavor to compress into a few words the more diffuse narrative of the Recluse, confining ourselves to the substance.

The super-warm, lab-developed insulation is made from tufted strands that leave enough dead space so the coat can compress into a knapsack.

Dickens would compress into infinitely few days an enormous amount of sight-seeing and country enjoyment: castles, cathedrals, lunches and picnics among cherry orchards and hop-gardens.

In 2016, decades of history were compressed into weeks, months into days.

The general principles of deism may be compressed into a few theses.

Another consciousness of twenty years seemed compressed into those brilliant, bitter hours.

Here, perhaps, are millions of years of development compressed into a paragraph.

Mab's expression flickered with annoyance, her lips compressing into a thin line.

Their canine bodies compressed into the long, lean, powerful shape of large sharks.

His meaning, in itself sufficiently perplexing, is compressed into the fewest possible words.