The hand descended. Nearer and nearer it came. It touched the ends of his upstanding hair. He shrank down under it. It followed down after him, pressing more closely against him. Shrinking, almost shivering. He still managed to hold himself together. It was a torment, this hand that touched him and violated his instinct. He could not forget in a day all the evil that had been wrought him at the hands of men.
Quotes about shrank (11 Quotes)
While we watched without comprehension, she moved away to where none of us wanted to follow. Ruth May shrank back through the narrow passage between this brief fabric of light and all the rest of what there is for us: the long waiting. Now she will wait the rest of the time. It will be exactly as long as the time that passed before she was born.
Net interest margin and Net interest income were stronger than expected, as BAC kept a tight lid on deposit pricing, shrank the securities portfolio and delivered strong loan growth. This should help reduce investor concerns on the bank's ability to manage through the flat yield curve.
Not she with trait'rous kiss her Saviour stung, Not she denied him with unholy tongue She, while apostles shrank, could danger brave, Last at his cross and earliest at his grave.
That crossover vote shrank ... fewer Democrats and independents bothered to vote for McCain because they had a race in their own party. They voted for Gore or for Bradley.
This is a legitimate concern, but ultimately overstated. There's so much emphasis on maintaining that 20 percent growth rate, ... But even a 10 percent growth in an economic down year is still good. I'd be more concerned if it shrank 10 percent.
For love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment;
Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid;
Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances.
It took a long time getting these approvals through. We were struggling with the Coastal Commission and as the money shrank, we had to shrink the building.
Day after day we looked for rain, and day after day we saw nothing but the sun. Lavender that we had planted in the spring died. The patch of grass in front of the house abandoned its ambitions to become a lawn and turned into the dirty yellow of poor straw. The earth shrank, revealing its knuckles and bones, rocks and roots that had been invisible before.
On Thursday, the field of candidates shrank to eight when former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun quit the race and threw her support to Dean. With Dean at her side, Braun told supporters that she hopes they will stand for him with the conviction and courage with which you would have stood for me. ... because it has nothing to do with poll numbers. It's because Carol has run a campaign which has drawn people to her because they respect her.
The Earth reminded us of a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness of space. As we got farther and farther away it diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful marble you can imagine.