straiten
IPA: strˈeɪtʌn
verb
- To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.
- To restrict or diminish, especially financially.
- Misspelling of straighten. [(transitive) To cause to become straight.]
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Examples of "straiten" in Sentences
- The financial burdens of the pandemic have begun to straiten many families across the country
- His reckless spending habits only served to further straiten his already tight budget
- The lack of resources in the rural area has continued to straiten the local community
- Despite her best efforts, she couldn't seem to straiten out her chronic procrastination
- The company's decision to downsize will only serve to straiten the already strained workforce
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