circumscribed

Example Sentences

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Early Renaissance sculptors went to school on works like this, learning from them how to tell a complex story on a flat surface within a circumscribed area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

The family shame around Mitchell’s violent death prevented me from understanding his full legacy, and ultimately circumscribed the meaning of his life and art.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

As per the country's own observations, the fund had limited ability to do something about the loan, and was "circumscribed by procedural and technical formalities".

From BBC • May 14, 2025

As befits a creation story, “Furiosa” tracks Furiosa from childhood to young adulthood, a downward spiral that takes her from freedom to captivity and, in time, circumscribed sovereignty.

From New York Times • May 15, 2024

To allow my activities to be circumscribed by my opponent was a form of defeat, and I resolved not to become my own jailer.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela