straiten in a sentence
v. t.
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Definition
To restrict or limit in extent, scope, or availability.
Crossword clues for straiten
Crossword clue ideas and answer hints for the word "straiten".
- Make something narrower or more limited.
- Reduce the width or breadth of something.
- Constrain or restrict a particular situation.
- Narrow down options or possibilities.
- Limit the scope of actions or choices.
Straiten sentence examples
- The recent budget cuts will straiten our resources significantly.
- As the deadline approached, the pressure began to straiten their options.
- She felt her choices begin to straiten as the competition intensified.
- The narrow passage would straiten further as they moved deeper into the cave.
- His rigid beliefs seemed to straiten his ability to empathize with others.