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Constricting   /kənstrˈɪktɪŋ/   Listen
Constricting

adjective
1.
(of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom.  Synonyms: constrictive, narrowing.





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"Constricting" Quotes from Famous Books



... cry up at him and wring her poor hands, and then he would go off into his little room adjoining the kitchen, originally intended as maid's room, and sit with his head down in his hands, back rounded, and all his throat-constricting capacity for meekness out in ...
— Star-Dust • Fannie Hurst
... Constricting a Tube.—Where a constriction is to be made in a tube, the above method must be modified, as the strength of the tube must be maintained, and the constricted portion is usually short. Small tubes are often constricted without materially changing their ...
— Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing • Francis C. Frary


Words linked to "Constricting" :   narrow, constrictive


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