stricture

Example Sentences

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The company maintains it had systemwide stricture against hiring minors.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2023

Most were eventually released and told to leave the country — a stricture that many ignore, lacking the funds and desire to go home.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022

First, his urine stream had grown weak, and he worried he might have a urethral stricture.

From New York Times • May 10, 2022

The two companies resisted this draconian stricture until, finally on Friday, they didn’t.

From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2021

“There is no stricture on you, for you have tried.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya