constrict

Example Sentences

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The album capped a lengthy, constricting record label contract that Charli had been trying to optimize for years, to varying success.

From Salon

My chest constricts as a wave of homesickness overwhelms me.

From Literature

Now he knew that every pore in his body could constrict with terror.

From Literature

The rapid timetable is designed to constrict the amount of time the two parties have to build a campaigning infrastructure in the constituency.

From BBC

These two brief scenes quickly and credibly evoke a complex bond, and a family life that constricts in some ways and comforts in others.

From The Wall Street Journal