stricture

Example Sentences

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But whether they know or not, getting re-elected while staying within the strictures of the bond market is going to be tough.

From The Wall Street Journal

But rather than commune with Marika, his deified mother, Miquella wants to escape the strictures and expectations of her Golden Order.

From New York Times

Jackson, who is in her early 50s, is aware of the reality of the modern LGBTQ+ community and the moral strictures of her faith.

From Los Angeles Times

But money did not insulate him from the strictures of Jim Crow and its long racist shadow.

From New York Times

It would require groups that receive significant foreign funding to register as organizations “carrying the interests of a foreign power,” among other strictures.

From New York Times