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.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• To ease the pain of her contractions, doctors gave her narcotics.
  — Shoshana Walter, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
• 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
• Pro tip: drive up with your pinky to emphasize the contraction.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 2 June 2022
• The bank predicts a 7% GDP contraction for Russia this year.
  — Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2022
• The contraction was driven by lockdowns caused by a resurgence of Covid.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 15 July 2022
• One of the lines was peaking constantly—a sign, Ogburn said, that the mother was in the middle of contractions.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
• Those contractions may cause mild to severe pain in some people.
  — Kristine Thomason, Health, 17 Aug. 2023
• New data from Indeed showed that as of Nov. 22, there had been a 24% year-on-year contraction in U.K. job postings on the platform.
  — Chloe Taylor,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
• Keeping Langley has led to some contraction in the C-suite.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
• But avoiding an outright contraction is far from a sure thing.
  — Rich Miller, Bloomberg.com, 27 Mar. 2022
• 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 contraction was caused, in part, by a wider trade gap: The nation spent more on imports than other countries did on U.S. exports.
  — Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2022

Last Updated: 3 Jan 2025