straiten
Example Sentences
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Many of those things that trouble and straiten thee, it is in thy XXXI.
From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome
Oft times mischance shall straiten noble breast, viii.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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 MacDonald, George
Harden, at the same time, with a body of mounted militia, had it in charge to straiten the enemy upon the Edisto.
From The Life of Francis Marion by Simms, William Gilmore
O love immense and independent, which nothing can limit or straiten!
From Spiritual Torrents by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte
Vocabulary lists containing straiten
Pygmalion
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Long Walk to Freedom
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"A Day's Work," Excerpt from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
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