straiten
Example Sentences
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Oft times mischance shall straiten noble breast, viii.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
For indeed, Fate full of marvel is: If fortune straiten thee one day, the next relief is nigh.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John
His most celebrated saying was, " Be constant in meditation on death: if thou bein straitened case 'twill enlarge it, and if in affluence 'twill straiten it upon thee."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Hatsell, Baron—Mr. Cowper, I would not have you straiten yourself, but only ask those questions that are pertinent.
From State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social by Various
What shall we do to spread the wing and soar, Nor straiten thy deliverance any more?
From A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul by MacDonald, George
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
