straiten
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I absolutely must reform, for I do not propose that my father shall straiten himself for me; and that is what will happen if I continue to lead the life I have been leading.
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de
Pray don't straiten your lips in that grievously defiant fashion, as Perpetua doubtless did when she heard the bellowing of beasts or the clash of steel in the amphitheatre.
From Infelice by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
Las Torres therefore determined to seize these places, which were distant about fifteen miles from his camp, and so to straiten the town for provisions.
From The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
O love immense and independent, which nothing can limit or straiten!
From Spiritual Torrents by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte
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
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