Examples of “contracting” in a Sentence

adjective Becoming smaller; drawing inward.

• The contracting economy led to widespread job losses.
• A contracting muscle pulls the bone closer to the joint.
• Scientists watched the contracting cloud of gas shrink over millions of years.

noun The business of taking on work under formal agreements, especially in construction.

• He has run a small contracting business for over a decade.
• She moved from office work into contracting and now builds extensions for homeowners.
• Contracting suits him because he can choose which jobs to take on.