straiten
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I absolutely must reform, for I do not propose that my father shall straiten himself for me; and that is what will happen if I continue to lead the life I have been leading.
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Charles Paul de Kock
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 William Gilmore Simms
Oft times mischance shall straiten noble breast, viii.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Pray don't straiten your lips in that grievously defiant fashion, as Perpetua doubtless did when she heard the bellowing of beasts or the clash of steel in the amphitheatre.
From Infelice by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
Does he not, at this instant, straiten and invade your confederates, whom you have solemnly sworn to protect?
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by John Hamilton Moore
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Pygmalion
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Long Walk to Freedom
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"A Day's Work," Excerpt from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
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