straitened

Example Sentences

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Being an artistic director is an all-consuming responsibility, even more so in these straitened times.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2023

But merchants and analysts said the dollarization boost has proven insufficient in the face of limited credit, a depreciating local currency, higher taxes, straitened public spending amid lower oil income, and rising utility bills.

From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2023

The overall stats are heavily influenced by the biggest clubs, but in straitened times any increase is an achievement.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2023

But that doesn’t mean an economically straitened Britain won’t throw an extravagant party as it crowns its first king in seven decades in May.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2023

There Glenn was raised in permanently straitened means, for his father never again found steady work.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik