straiten
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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 William Hope Hodgson
Chicane in furs, and Casuistry in lawn, Gasps, as they straiten at each end the cord, And dies, when Dulness gives her page the word.
From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by George Gilfillan
Husb.—It is very kind in you, my dear, and I must always acknowledge it; but, however, I would not have you straiten yourself too much neither.
From The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) by Daniel Defoe
What shall we do to spread the wing and soar, Nor straiten thy deliverance any more?
From A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul by George MacDonald
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 Edmund Burke
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Pygmalion
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"A Day's Work," Excerpt from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
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