To retreat unwillingly and/or suddenly, often caused by sudden pain, shock, scare, fright, surprise, or similar.
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I tried to shrink back, an impossible feat in my current condition.
2
The fair occupants of the box are frightened, and timidly shrink back.
3
It is the uncertain that causes us to tremble and shrink back.
4
But a glance from Bright-Wits caused him to shrink back in alarm.
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She did not shrink back, though the pupils of her eyes dilated.
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She tried to shrink back, but there was no place to go.
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We all shrink back, guns aimed in the direction of the laughter.
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His face was close to hers, but Barbara did not shrink back.
9
We shall not timidly shrink back, but let justice take its course.
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Seeing a man with a gun made them only shrink back further.
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Ben felt the G'home Gnomes shrink back behind his legs, muttering guardedly.
12
The girls shrink back as if contamination itself had come among them.
13
Mother Dark would shrink back, all her secrets revealed, every flaw exposed.
14
On waking, she looked in the glass, only to shrink back in horror.
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She wanted to cry; she wanted to shrink back into herself.
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Mademoiselle sighed, and seemed to shrink back into the shadows of the carriage.
