Usage of "shrink from"

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Avoid (one's assigned duties)

Uso de shrink from em inglês

Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. 
 The Guardian 

The competition will shrink from January, leaving seven players with nationwide presence. 
 Reuters 

I never shrink from personal discomfort: I never refuse to sacrifice myself. 
 Vanity Fair 

But the medical school laboratory seems to shrink from the public scrutiny. 
 An Ethical Problem / Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentat... 

In spite of their prejudices, they did not shrink from applying it. 
 Vane of the Timberlands 

Well, Thomas, if we must we must; but I shrink from it. 
 Minnie's Sacrifice 

The things that I love you shrink from as dull and tiresome. 
 Beulah 

You shrink from the hards of life which I steer happily through. 
 The Half-Hearted 

Yet I shrink from her ever since that day on the moor-side. 
 The Poor Clare 

He had already begun to shrink from the companionship of his family. 
 Without a Home 

He knew the risk he ran, but did not shrink from it. 
 The Tragedy of St. Helena 

Once the conflict had been joined, he did not shrink from bloodshed. 
 Lloyd George: The Man and His Story 

She had seemed to shrink from him and fade out of sight. 
 The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 / A Magazin... 

He was not a man to shrink from the call of duty. 
 From Canal Boy to President; Or, the Boyhood and Manhood of Jame... 

It was not in Emily's nature to shrink from a plain reply. 
 "I Say No" 

You shrink from your only comfortable alternative, if the career winks out. 
 The Price She Paid 

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Translations for shrink from

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Shrink from ao longo do tempo

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Significados de shrink from em inglês