shrink from

He had noticed in a moment that she shrank from her position, and all his pleasure was gone.

Mrs. Archer was a shy woman and shrank from society; but she liked to be well-informed as to its doings.

She was inclined to be silent; she shrank from expressing herself even in talk, let alone in writing.

The eco-barons' mission, Humes says, became all the more important when Washington shrank from its role as environmental guardian.

The weakness was flagged by the official purchasing managers' index (PMI), which showed factory activity in November shrank from October.

The opposition, fearing more defeats, twice shrank from tabling further confidence motions.

The young woman shrank from having anything to do with the ground - floor serving.

She half wanted to her husband. Yet she shrank from him.

Unlike her brother, she shrank from publicity, and had always found being Mrs. Thatcher's daughter hard to take.

Charged so fully with his mission, he shrank from contact with anybody.

He shrank from the thought of having to kill anyone.

The company's profit margins shrank from 32. 5% to 17%.

I shrank from disturbing him again.

He shrank from admitting his guilt.

She shrank from entering the grimy bar with him but once inside, she recoiled at every depraved face that met her gaze

He pressed its hand, and kissed the sarcastic savage face that everyone else shrank from contemplating;