straitened

Example Sentences

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If their circumstances are straitened, dreaming is free; Issa and Anton build an imaginary future for him on the basis of watching a dot move on a GPS map.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

It makes sense that the industry should want to express its gratitude for shows that have managed — particularly in these straitened times — to pull in audiences from outside the usual theatergoing demographic.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024

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

Indeed, the fans are only now starting to get used to the USA's new straitened circumstances.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2023

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

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik