straiten
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Tears are in my eyes to feel Thou art made so straitly: Blessings need must straiten too,— Little canst thou joy or do Thou who lovest greatly.
From The Dog's Book of Verse by Various
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)
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
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
Harden, at the same time, with a body of mounted militia, had it in charge to straiten the enemy upon the Edisto.
From The Life of Francis Marion by Simms, William Gilmore
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Pygmalion
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"A Day's Work," Excerpt from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
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