CONTRACTION in a Sentence

Learn CONTRACTION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
182 example sentences for CONTRACTION, such as:
1. He crumpled the contract into a ball.
2. We should add this clause to the contract.
3. Your action has rendered our contract invalid.
4. Muscles contract and relax during physical activity.
5. She is under contract to a major American computer firm.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CONTRACTION
contraction
 n.  the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
 n.  (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
Classic Sentence: (93 in 7 pages)
1  His going, though only eight miles, will be an unwelcome contraction of our family circle; but I should have been deeply mortified if any son of mine could reconcile himself to doing less.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
2  I had every reason to suppose that this Abe Slaney was an American, since Abe is an American contraction, and since a letter from America had been the starting-point of all the trouble.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
3  "Yes, it is I," said the count, whom a frightful contraction of the lips prevented from articulating freely.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 92. The Suicide.
4  "Pierre, give me the coffee," she said, addressing Petritsky, whom she called Pierre as a contraction of his surname, making no secret of her relations with him.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 34
5  Milady saw by the contraction of his countenance that the trigger was about to be pulled; she reached her hand quickly to her bosom, drew out a paper, and held it toward Athos.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 45 A CONJUGAL SCENE
6  His hands contract convulsively; they close, and grasp nothingness.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII—BILLOWS AND SHADOWS
7  Whoever buries himself in the opposite of day feels his heart contract.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE
8  Any man who has been a prisoner understands how to contract himself to fit the diameter of the escape.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAV...
9  All those words: rights of the people, rights of man, the social contract, the French Revolution, the Republic, democracy, humanity, civilization, religion, progress, came very near to signifying nothing whatever to Grantaire.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
10  He had endured everything in the way of destitution; he had done everything except contract debts.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MARIUS POOR
11  Never have the fingers of night which contract beneath this stifling ceiling, turned the leaves of a book nor unfolded a newspaper.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—THE LOWEST DEPTHS
12  Some say social contract; which is the same thing, the word contract being etymologically formed with the idea of a bond.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—THE HORIZON WHICH ONE BEHOLDS FROM THE SUMMIT O...
13  My friends, in bygone days, in those amiable days of yore, people married wisely; they had a good contract, and then they had a good carouse.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER ...
14  Napoleon had accepted, through Whymper, a contract for four hundred eggs a week.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
15  A spasm made the ribs contract; blood oozed.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 7
Example Sentence: (89 in 6 pages)
1  A rightward shift of curves was observed before maximal contraction size was suppressed.
2  Physical stress caused by expansion and contraction can damage components within the computer.
3  Your action has rendered our contract invalid.
4  They could take legal action against you if you break the contract.
5  Muscles contract and relax during physical activity.
6  We should add this clause to the contract.
7  The contract will affect our national prestige in the world.
8  You cannot legally take possession of the property until three weeks after the contract is signed.
9  The advertising agency secured the contract on the back of their previous successful campaigns.
10  I wish I were a free agent, but my contract binds me for three more years.
11  She is under contract to a major American computer firm.
12  After all the argument, the writer finished up with a contract.
13  He crumpled the contract into a ball.
14  Companies are increasingly keen to contract out peripheral activities like training.
15  Under the terms of the contract the job should have been finished yesterday.