se rétrécir

La pénombre et les végétaux entouraient leur navire, et la rivière se rétrécissait pour devenir un profond canal.
Shadow and green surrounded their vessel, and the river started to narrow into a deep channel.
Dans l'ensemble, les membres de la communauté afghane des droits de l'homme ont indiqué que l'espace politique se rétrécissait à mesure que l'on s'approchait des élections et que les acquis en matière de liberté d'expression en particulier étaient menacés.
Overall, members of the Afghan human rights community expressed the view that there was a narrowing of political space in the run-up to the elections and that gains in freedom of expression, in particular, were under threat.
Il me semblait que le détroit se rétrécissait de plus en plus.
It seemed to me that the strait was getting narrower and narrower.
Il était paradoxal, selon une délégation, que le fossé numérique se creuse alors que le monde se rétrécissait.
Paradoxically, while the world was becoming smaller, the digital divide was growing, one delegation commented.
Dans les formes ultérieures du mariage par groupe, des conditions analogues existaient probablement, mais le groupe se rétrécissait de plus en plus.
In the later forms of group marriage similar relations probably existed, but with the group continually contracting.
Alors que la couverture arborée se rétrécissait, les habitants du sommet de la montagne ont vu le nombre de nuages de pluie (cumulonimbus) au-dessus de la forêt diminuer ou disparaître complètement.
As the tree cover has shrunk, the people living on top of the mountain have watched the rain clouds that used to gather above the forest shrink or slip away altogether.
Le tunnel se rétrécissait près de la sortie.
The tunnel became thinner towards the exit.
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