straining
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Generally, its decisions tend toward loosening rather than straitening the rules.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 30, 2019
But just because the straitening of their circumstances is barely noticeable to the wider community, it doesn't mean that these wounded beasts aren't bitterly aware of it themselves.
From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2013
Is the whole thing some elaborate, Kaufmanesque hoax: Phoenix and Affleck's attempt to escape the straitening vacuity of 21st century Hollywood cinema?
From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2010
At first the possibility of a substitute had suggested itself; but a family consultation soon showed that this was impossible without hopelessly straitening both houses.
From Winter Evening Tales by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
"Did you keep a copy of that letter?" asked the Colonel, straitening his mask-like mouth.
From Colonel Starbottle's Client by Harte, Bret
