Add the mushrooms and keep stirring as they darken and shrink slightly.

The pears shrink slightly as they cook, so add a further slice or two.

Your social group starts to shrink slightly, especially when your coupled-up friends get married or have arguments about buying a house.

Paper was a common choice; for more durable prints linen was sometimes used, but with time, the linen prints would shrink slightly.

Other fabrics are stretched by mechanical forces during production, and can shrink slightly when heated (though to a lesser degree than wool).