Sentence example with the word 'constrict'

constrict

abbreviate, bolt, close off, consolidate, curtail, fold, lock, plumb, seal up, shut up, straiten

Last update: July 14, 2015


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Towards the completion of its growth a more or less prominent ring of bone, termed the burr or coronet, is deposited at its base just above the junction with the pedicle; this ring tending to constrict the blood-vessels, and thus cut off the supply of blood from the antlers...   [Please select]

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The breath was dry and hot and the heart constricted painfully.   [Please select]

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_ In this case use is made of a glass tube with constricted lower end.   [Please select]

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But his heart was racing, his stomach was constricted.   [Please select]

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When she spoke, it was as if the muscles of her throat were constricted.   [Please select]

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The narrow, constricted part bears two oblique ridges and a few tubercles.   [Please select]

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The Skipper caterpillars have stout bodies and are easily known by the constricted neck.   [Please select]

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Constricted: drawn in: narrowed medially and dilated toward the extremities.   [Please select]

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Panduriform: violin shaped: oblong, with rounded ends, medially constricted.   [Please select]

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And then a spasm constricted her mouth for an instant: as it passed away she turned and left the room, and so did I.   [Please select]

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Constricted channels in which tidal currents are locally strong occur between sediment covered shores in the lower end of the Bay and the east (Muir) inlet.   [Please select]

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