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synonyms for constrict
- circumscribe
- compress
- cramp
- astringe
- choke
- clench
- concentrate
- condense
- confine
- constringe
- contract
- curb
- limit
- narrow
- pinch
- restrain
- restrict
- shrink
- squeeze
- strangle
- strangulate
- tauten
- tense
- tighten
- tuck
- draw together
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How to use constrict in a sentence
Leaving your noggin exposed can further constrict your body’s blood flow.
Best winter hats: Comfortable hats to keep you warm | Carsen Joenk | January 20, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIt faced a coronavirus-induced layoffs of 13 employees —about half of its staff — driven by abruptly constricted advertising budgets.
One year in, Protocol is starting to move on its global expansion plans | Kayleigh Barber | January 11, 2021 | DigidayThe already crimped TV advertising market further constricted in the past month, though that tightness could slacken as the fourth quarter comes to a close and inventory prices come back down to earth.
‘A front-loaded holiday’: TV ad market tightens even more, but may loosen up soon | Tim Peterson | December 11, 2020 | Digiday
For the red dots, the muscle oxygen data suggests that this subject had a weak response in constricting blood flow to the muscles.
How Does Your Brain Respond When You Hold Your Breath? | Alex Hutchinson | November 25, 2020 | Outside OnlinePointed political debate might get removed, and free expression would be constricted.
Why the most controversial US internet law is worth saving | Amy Nordrum | September 9, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewI had saline mixed with Lidocaine pumped into my face to constrict my blood vessels and numb me so I could endure the zapping.
Hey, Ashley Judd: I’m Puffy From Cosmetic Surgery—And Proud of It | Samantha Marshall | April 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt twines round the stems of lofty trees, which its flattened coils gradually constrict with almost life-like cruelty!
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I | Karl Ritter von ScherzerBy virtue of this power they are enabled to constrict many dead animal matters.
The Action of Medicines in the System | Frederick William HeadlandCartilaginous or partially calcified biconcave vertebrae are always well developed; they constrict the notochord intervertebrally.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsBiconcave cartilaginous vertebrae are developed, and as is the case in most fishes, constrict the notochord vertebrally.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds(b.) Those in which he tries to constrict it, by reuniting its separated sides.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery | Joseph Bell
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