straiten
Example Sentences
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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
No one can wish to straiten his chance of acquittal, or to inquire too curiously whether there be not a pretext for closing the door that now stands ajar.
From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Husb.—It is very kind in you, my dear, and I must always acknowledge it; but, however, I would not have you straiten yourself too much neither.
From The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) by Defoe, Daniel
The armaments they have equipped and are equipping, and the expensive preparations for the siege of Gibraltar, straiten them exceedingly for funds.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Sparks, Jared
That I abandon places when I like them not, Unless Death chain the soul and straiten her career?
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
