Melie's smile shrank a little at the brusque question, and she was a little brusque back.

Melie's smile shrank a little, and she frowned briefly.

In the course of the show, however, Ms. Parker's smile wavers, tightens and shrinks in ways that seem to age her at least a decade, so that by the end, you may feel like you've undergone high-speed Prozac withdrawal.

His smile shrank.

Kerrigan's smile shrank.

The tech's smile shrank a little.

First the smile shrank away.

Her smile shrank a size and a half.

Her smile shrank back down.

Paris's smile shrank.