constricting
Example Sentences
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Like the milieu in which they’re set, prison movies can be terribly constricting.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
The album capped a lengthy, constricting record label contract that Charli had been trying to optimize for years, to varying success.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026
Rising demand for silver-backed ETFs has also absorbed more of the metal, further constricting supply.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
In particular, prolonged standing can raise blood pressure as the body boosts circulation to the lower limbs by constricting blood vessels and increasing the pumping power of the heart.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024
There was another constricting thought that kept me from work.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing constricting
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