constriction
Example Sentences
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Their music, like their DJing, rejects genre constrictions and sometimes even reason.
From Los Angeles Times
A: Really coming out of the summer and into the final quarter of last year, the holiday period, we saw that that constriction if you will in chip supply reduce.
From Seattle Times
My husband and I began to cough, and my husband felt a constriction in his chest.
From Seattle Times
She sits in strained, watchful silence, the film registering every constriction of her throat and every tensing of her muscles as she listens to Laurence’s testimony.
From Los Angeles Times
“In contrast, whiteouts typically involve both eyes and begin in a 360-degree peripheral pattern with a slower progressive constriction toward the center of your vision.”
From Washington Post
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