1.   As the world shrinks and the global community grows, we tourists are reminders that there are some borders that cannot be easily crossed.

2.   As their world shrinks, they may become withdrawn and depressed.

3.   As the world has shrunk, thanks to cheap flights and industrious cookbook writers, the chances of serendipity are as likely as finding a homemade muffin at Starbucks.

4.   As the world shrinks, Euro-America is awash in influences once beneath its notice.

5.   Her world shrunk to the size of the rink.

6.   His world is shrinking.

7.   Once patients were hooked up, their worlds shrank to the distance covered by rolling tables and extension cords.

8.   Our world shrank to the bare bones.

9.   The inspiration for the company came to Harari, a Princeton-trained physicist, as he saw the world around him shrinking.

10.   The world is indeed shrinking.