narrower

Example Sentences

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That investment creates a real tension, because careers take time to build, children take time to raise and the two compete in ways they simply didn’t when women’s options were narrower.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

From the tee, you have a choice to hit down the wide and welcoming left fairway or the narrower right one, which is a more direct path to the green.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

In a bit of good news, a narrower measure of inflation that omits volatile food and energy costs, known as the core PCE, rose 0.2%.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Although per-share earnings were negative, the company posted a loss of just 1 cent a share, far narrower than the consensus estimate for a loss of 18 cents.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

He took the servants’ steps, not the grand stairways of veined marble, but the narrower, steeper, straighter stairs hidden within the thick brick walls.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin