The crowd shrank back, and some children started to cry.

At the opposite end, the crowd has shrunk into a ball clustered around Mercutio's body.

Mr. Farrakhan seemed reluctant to leave the podium as he talked toward sunset and the crowd shrank.

While Bristol was one of a few tracks that still sold out, others saw crowds shrink.

With one great gasping breath the crowd shrank back.

The bland crowd, by contrast, shrinks emotions to fit their own listlessness.

The crowd shrank back even farther, but Ibrana did not.

The crowd shrunk away from me as from an apparition.

Does anyone wonder why the crowds are shrinking?

The crowd, somehow beaten down by them, shrank back from the front door.