straiten
Example Sentences
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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
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
No one can wish to straiten his chance of acquittal, or to inquire too curiously whether there be not a pretext for closing the door that now stands ajar.
From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
To the Editers of The Cawcashin: Surs:—Didn't I tell you that, as soon as I got here, I would straiten things out?
From Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia by Smith, Seba
Las Torres therefore determined to seize these places, which were distant about fifteen miles from his camp, and so to straiten the town for provisions.
From The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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