The poor woman put her hand to her mouth and shrank away from me.

The young woman shrank from his words, turning towards her mother.

But the woman shrank from the bag and would not take it.

The woman shrank back, and well she should have.

The woman waited with terror and shrank away from him.

The old woman shrank back, raising a trembling hand to her lips.

That is, the women shrank, and fear was in their faces.

Both the man and the woman shrank when they saw us.

Out on the street a woman walking past took one look at him and quickly shrank back.

The women shrank together like scared sheep, near to the door.