time-shrunken

Updated: August 10, 2026

Abraham put out his hard time-shrunken hand and touched in thought his wife's pillow, as if to persuade himself that she was really there in her place beside him.

Louise Forsslund - Old Lady Number 31

I am afraid the picture was lost upon Newman, but Madame de Bellegarde was, in fact, at this moment a striking image of the dignity which even in the case of a little time-shrunken old lady may reside in the habit of unquestioned authority and the absoluteness of a social theory favorable to yourself.

Henry James - The American