Except that the six or seven miles seemed to have shrunk to a single mile during the night.

This Native settlement shrank during the early 1900s as most of its members moved away.

Evidently the river had shrunk during the long heat wave.

After shrinking during the 1980s, the economy grew by 10% in 1991 and by more than 7% last year.

Hartford experienced problems as the population shrank 11 percent during the 1990s.

The playing area of the board continues to shrink during the course of the game.

The economy shrank by 12 percent during the 1980's.

The world economy probably shrank during the first three months of this year, for the first time since at least 1991, he said.

Tax collection in Russia is notoriously poor, and has only shrunk during the election season.

This proved unsustainable and the economy shrank by 33% during the 1980s.