Near the heads, where they lay facing each other, the skin and muscle had hardly shrunk at all before being fixed.

If the drug makes muscles shrink, that would be undesirable, Dr. Tschöp said in an interview.

Tendons and muscles shrunk, drawing the arms and legs into the fetal position.

Like it or not, Hartford's political muscle will shrink, because its population has shrunk.

My lame leg ought to have been easier, because its muscles had shrunk; but I could not summon strength enough to force it down.

Her muscles shrank, she lost two inches in height and became riddled with arthritis.

It's the heat, shrinks the facial muscles, same way a steak curls up.

The blood doesn't flow and so the muscle shrinks a little, its elastic tendons stretch to normalize.

The muscles in your legs will shrink and you won't be able to walk, much less fight.

The bone stuck out a centimeter beyond where the charred muscle had shrunk back toward the gunner's shoulder.