constrain

IPA: kʌnstrˈeɪn

verb

(transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
(transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
(transitive) To reduce a result in response to limited resources.

Examples of "constrain" in Sentences

They constrained the meeting.
The men constrained the flow.
They constrained against the wall.
The idea was to constrain the upload.
The work load constrained the process.
The commands constrained the progession.
The Mass is constrained to be held in church.
I wanted to constrain the discussion to the facts.
But the surface tension constrains the shape of the puddle.
The development of the machine was constrained by several factors.
But He delights to be held by beseeching hands, and our wishes 'constrain' Him.
"We kind of constrain ourselves in a way to come up with different solutions to different problems."
However, the Government did not want to "constrain" the commission from considering other options, including a compulsory levy.
Even with the targeted procurement it is not enough to develop and empower women owned businesses, another constrain is the supply side.
It will lay on you a far more solemn and awful clutch, and like a jailer with his hand on the culprit's shoulder, will 'constrain' you into the presence of the Judge.
The Obama administration's new nuclear arms reduction agreement with Russia has been beset by a chorus of conservative claims that it will "constrain" U.S. efforts to develop missile defenses, in the words of Charles Krauthammer, among many others.
The Association must so present its work to the churches as to "constrain" them to give; drag them by the chains of Christian duty to give; those who can of their abundance abundantly; those who must of their penury, with this tremendous self-sacrifice.

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