straiten
Example Sentences
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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
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
Cæsar's men daily carried on their works to straiten the enemy; those of Pompey, having the advantage of numbers, did the same to enlarge themselves, and severely galled the enemy by their slingers and archers.
The armaments they have equipped and are equipping, and the expensive preparations for the siege of Gibraltar, straiten them exceedingly for funds.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Sparks, Jared
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
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