All 7 Uses of
contract
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Nineteen Minutes
- Another contraction ripped through her, bullets strafing metal.†
Chpt 1 *contraction = the act of getting shorter or smaller
- The next contraction twisted down her spine like a cobra, wrapped itself around her belly, and sank its fangs.†
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- Let's take it one contraction at a time.'†
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- Alex was past the point of modesty; at this moment, Lacy figured she'd disrobe in front of an entire male prison population if it meant the contractions would stop.†
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- Another contraction started.†
Chpt 1contraction = the act of getting shorter or smaller
- She stood up, patting Peter's back the way Lacy had, wishing he would run out of steam or contract laryngitis or just simply have mercy on her utter inexperience.†
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- They weren't drinking-it was hockey season, and the players had to sign a contract with the coach-but Drew Girard had rented the uncut version of a teen sex comedy, and the guys were discussing who was hotter, Elisha Cuthbert or Shannon Elizabeth.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(contract as in: legal contract) an agreement - typically written and enforceable by law
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(2)
(contract as in: contract the disease) to get -- especially in reference to a disease
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(3)
(contract as in: the metal contracted) when something gets shorter or smaller
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A grammatical sense of the word form contraction describes can't as a shortened form of can not.