constriction

“It is expected that there will be no pain, but there may be a feeling of constriction about the chest,” read the directions.

“The president knows, and he and I have talked about the constrictions of the Constitution, as much as so many of the American people lament that,” Johnson said.

The constrictions of the festival slot meant sadly there was no room for Roan's trademark banter.

He cited the president's fixation on tariffs and "constrictions on free enterprise, price controls, trade barriers and whatnot — cartelization of the economy, many very bad things."

For almost five years, the entertainment industry has been beset, first by the pandemic, then by the writers’ and actors’ strikes and the constriction that followed.