"contract" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The base of the lamina is gradually or abruptly contracted at the petiole.
- The air abruptly contracted and the walls shivered and then bowed inward as though to trap him.
- They'll be a thousand years getting here...." The artifact abruptly contracted, and Pham moaned.
- Davis's chest contracted abruptly at the spearing glance the deke gave him.
- The curl of smoke abruptly contracted into a dense ball, blocking O'Donahee's view of the rear exits.
- The lamina may be gradually or abruptly contracted towards the amplexicaul base, which clasps the stem for around half of its circumference.
- The speeding blue stripes of the hologram ran through a complex sequence of change: narrowing, widening, then contracting abruptly into a singularity of darkness that exploded outward into light, the bold glory of a star-filled universe.
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