CONSTRICTED in a Sentence
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13 example sentences for CONSTRICTED, such as:
1. Her throat constricted and she swallowed hard.
2. But his heart was racing, his stomach was constricted.
3. Greed and aggressiveness constricted the nation's cultural life.
4. Her body ached with fatigue, and with the constriction of her attitude in Gerty's bed.
5. Freezing temperatures also constrict peripheral blood vessels, further stressing the heart.
2. But his heart was racing, his stomach was constricted.
3. Greed and aggressiveness constricted the nation's cultural life.
4. Her body ached with fatigue, and with the constriction of her attitude in Gerty's bed.
5. Freezing temperatures also constrict peripheral blood vessels, further stressing the heart.
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Meanings and Examples of CONSTRICTED
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constricted
a. drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically
a. especially tense; especially in some dialects
Classic Sentence:
1 From that glass door the pale-faced man went to the count's bedroom and raised with a constricted hand the curtain of a window overlooking the court-yard.
2 But his heart was racing, his stomach was constricted.
3 What my sensations were no language can describe; but just as they all rose, stifling my breath and constricting my throat, a girl came up and passed me: in passing, she lifted her eyes.
4 Not yet," she said, as gently as the constriction of her throat would permit, "but we will be, soon.
5 "We've come a long way since those days, Ashley," she said, trying to steady her voice, trying to fight the constriction in her throat.
6 Her body ached with fatigue, and with the constriction of her attitude in Gerty's bed.
7 His chest heaved once, as if his large heart, weary of despotic constriction, had expanded, despite the will, and made a vigorous bound for the attainment of liberty.
8 In exchange for his silence Athos drank enough for four, and without appearing to be otherwise affected by wine than by a more marked constriction of the brow and by a deeper sadness.
Example Sentence:
1 And then a spasm constricted her mouth for an instant: as it passed away she turned and left the room, and so did I.
2 Italy was left with an increasingly constricted economy that has grown at less than 1% on average per year in the last decade.
3 Greed and aggressiveness constricted the nation's cultural life.
4 Her throat constricted and she swallowed hard.
5 Freezing temperatures also constrict peripheral blood vessels, further stressing the heart.