If you leave the woolen blanket near the heater, it will shrink up and lose its shape.

At the meeting, the team expected a heated debate, but the shrinking violets surprised everyone by speaking up confidently.

When the storm hit, even the bravest hikers began to shrink back from the cliff's edge.

The shrink-swell of the clay beneath the house caused cracks in the foundation after alternating wet and dry seasons.

I slid a length of heat shrink over the exposed wire before heating it with a heat gun to seal the connection.

The biologist photographed the shrinking frogs to study their unusual behavior.

The shrinking frog hid beneath the wet leaves, its contradictory behavior baffling every scientist who observed it.

Before opening the software box, the customer agreed to the shrink-wrap license included with the product.

Shoppers joked that the new packaging looked like the work of a grocery shrink ray when the cereal box seemed to contain half the flakes it used to.

Many consumers unknowingly agree to shrink-wrap licenses when they open the software packaging.