"contract" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The Japanese economy is in a stubborn slump, and the European Community's car market, where Japan's market share is restricted by a voluntary agreement, is rapidly contracting.
- The dragon's pupils dilated and contracted rapidly, and he puffed out a thin tendril of smoke.
- Almost at once it started to contract rapidly as the foreshortening increased with the angle at a rate that hinted of the fearsome buildup of speed.
- No sooner did they come face to face with it, round a bend in the valley, than the cloud rapidly contracted, till it was no bigger than a house.
- In 1982 the Mexican economy, which had substantially relied on oil exports, contracted rapidly as the price of oil fell and interest rates rose worldwide.
- But the defense and high technology industries, important to this county and the state, have been contracting rapidly, and construction is also in a protracted slump.
- This causes the cremaster muscle on the same side to rapidly contract, raising that testicle.
- Contracting rapidly from the rain, the strap choked Upman.
- Oz's pupils dilated and contracted rapidly.
- His fingers locked round her arms, his chest expanding and contracting rapidly beneath the jacket of the formal business suit he wore.
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