constricted

IPA: kʌnstrˈɪktʌd

Narrowed, especially by application of pressure, drawn together by constriction.

Examples of "constricted" in Sentences

Is India "constricted" because we have adopted "old standards" like HTML and Unicode?
The prosecution lawyers objected, saying they should not be 'constricted' and that the defense would have every chance to cross-examine the witnesses anyway.
Suddenly everything looked different, including our own personal dramas that often keep us stuck in constricted places and keep us from seeing the bigger picture.
Afterward, though, as Wendell Berry noted in his 1975 essay, "The Specialization of Poetry," poets then receded into the fields, quads, and coffeehouses of an isolated and "constricted" art.
The Badianus Manuscript, an indigenous herbal written in the mid-sixteenth century, recommends a strong purge for "oppression of the chest," an ailment that makes one feel "constricted" by a "certain fullness" in the chest area. 9