straiten
Example Sentences
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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
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
But yet in an hour, I did have the cloak about her, again; and so did straiten matters, as you shall conceive.
From The Night Land by Hodgson, William Hope
It is known that statutes made, not to open and enlarge, but on fair grounds to straiten proofs, require two witnesses in cases of high treason.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
No law must straiten The ways they wait in, Whose spirits greaten And hearts aspire.
From More Songs From Vagabondia by Carman, Bliss
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
