Sentence example with the word 'straiten'

straiten

arrest, check, contain, curb, encase, hold, immure, lay under restraint, qualify, scant, withhold

Definition v. bring into difficulties or distress

Last update: July 24, 2015


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The buildings, begun under straitened circumstances, were more than simple.   [Please select]

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Colin Camber was in straitened circumstances.   [Please select]

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"Then," said Morton, hastily, "the garrison must be straitened for provisions."   [Please select]

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Las Torres therefore determined to seize these places, which were distant about fifteen miles from his camp, and so to straiten the town for provisions.   [Please select]

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The army was, moreover, straitened by want of provisions; Lord Galway and his colleagues had made no arrangements whatever for its supply.   [Please select]

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Carlyle still remained in straitened circumstances, although his reputation was now established.   [Please select]

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