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How do you use contraction in a sentence?

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My wife was having contractions.

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(Contract can mean to pull together, become smaller, or to hire by a written contract.)

The tentacles of the octopus contracted and we swam past it quickly.

When he touched the electric wire, his hand contracted tightly around it, and he could not let go.

The company was contracted by the city to clean up the garbage dump.

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I've got a magnificent telephone but its on a contract for 2 years.

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Have you signed the contract?

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