constrain
Example Sentences
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The SPR also uses the same pipelines and ports as shale producers, so infrastructure to carry the extra oil is constrained.
Though today’s commercial and cultural sensibilities might have constrained Ms. Blume’s success, that pain has become only more acute.
Where does the border go when no longer constrained by physical space, national territory or even dry land?
From Salon
The former Fox News personality, who served as an Army National Guard infantry officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, disdains rules of engagement and other guardrails as constraining to the “warrior ethos.”
From Salon
Turner added that if housing wasn't prioritised it would be an "effective moratorium on new homes in areas where capacity is constrained".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
