straiten
Example Sentences
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That I abandon places when I like them not, Unless Death chain the soul and straiten her career?
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold
O love immense and independent, which nothing can limit or straiten!
From Spiritual Torrents by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte
For indeed, Fate full of marvel is: If fortune straiten thee one day, the next relief is nigh.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John
Does he not, at this instant, straiten and invade your confederates, whom you have solemnly sworn to protect?
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton
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 Defoe, Daniel
Vocabulary lists containing straiten
Pygmalion
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"A Day's Work," Excerpt from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
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