How to Use contraction in a Sentence

contraction

noun

• Two teams were eliminated in the contraction of the baseball league.
• The hot metal undergoes contraction as it cools.
• She felt contractions every two minutes.
• The contraction was driven by lockdowns caused by a resurgence of Covid.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 15 July 2022
• From here, focus on the contraction and the squeeze—even look down at your chest to watch the squeeze, Samuel advises.
  — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 23 June 2022
• Banks are well capitalized, which gives them a solid buffer against a business contraction.
  — Don Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2022
• But now layoffs represent a sudden and possibly widespread contraction, which has been rare in the tech industry.
  — David Ingram, NBC News, 21 June 2022
• That's a slightly deeper contraction than the previous estimate.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 30 June 2022
• But the strikes were not the only causes of the contraction, the report found.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• In April, the forecast was for an 8% to 10% contraction.
  — Clare Sebastian, CNN, 28 Aug. 2022
• That’s still the sharpest annual contraction since the Great Frost of 1709.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 4 Sep. 2023
• There has not been a contraction like this one since World War II.
  — Dick Lepre, National Review, 14 Dec. 2022
• His first name, Sanche, was a contraction of St. Charles.
  — Bob Drogin, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
• The growth during the third quarter follows a contraction during the first half of the year.
  — CBS News, 22 Dec. 2022
• That would be the largest earnings contraction since the second quarter of 2020.
  — Hannah Miao, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2023
• Even after the strike — or strikes — and all this contraction, the sandbox is still going to be big.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
• But there are people will use a bounce from the floor to make the contraction at the beginning of the move easier.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 27 Feb. 2023
• Yet what played out was a contraction of 3.1%—still a huge loss of output, but not nearly as dire.
  — Time, 12 Jan. 2023
• That means a powerful hip extension through a strong contraction of the glutes to push the hips open.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 1 Sep. 2023
• This collapsible contraction mimics the squat rack and free weights at the gym.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 7 Dec. 2022
• Those contractions may cause mild to severe pain in some people.
  — Kristine Thomason, Health, 17 Aug. 2023
• This nerve directs the contractions of muscles in the forearm and hand, as well as provides sensation to the hands and fingers.
  — Scott Sundick, Verywell Health, 3 June 2024
• Not enough focus is placed on the muscle contraction (squeezing the chest) during reps.
  — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 27 Oct. 2022
• Will trees in the far north ever catch up with climate and prevent forest contraction?
  — David J. Cooper, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2023
• After a night of contractions, things started to get more intense.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
• The major contraction in the HOA insurance market is not over.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
• That section of the curve has often climbed back above zero just before the onset of a contraction in the economy.
  — Garfield Reynolds, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2023
• Hold the contraction for one second at the top before reseting.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 15 Feb. 2023
• Goldman is also accounting for a slightly more GDP contraction over the next decade.
  — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
• Popular on Variety As with others across entertainment, animators are seeing high levels of unemployment amid an industrywide contraction.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024