straiten|straitened|straitening|straitens in English

verb

['strait·en || 'streɪtn]

put in a difficult situation; restrict, confine; make narrow (Archaic)

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1. They were straitened for money [ time ].

2. They were straitened for money.

3. He is straitened for want of money.

4. Day by day, they lived more and more straitened.

5. I grow up in straitened but full of love circumstances.

6. Their poverty, their straitened environment touched his heart.

7. 52 synonyms for Constrain: restrict, confine, curb, restrain, rein, constrict, hem in, straiten

8. In this confinement I began to be straitened for food.

9. Synonyms for Constricted include restricted, confined, limited, straitened, bound, held, restrained, trapped, small and narrow

10. Which you'll find a much more straitened way of life than what I'm offering you?

11. I had lived a lonely childhood and a boyhood straitened by war and overshadowed by bereavement.

12. In addition, a single basic benefit is provided for all women (whether working or not) in straitened circumstances.

13. Bilk In these straitened times, courtesy of the left veering right, university libraries have to balk at being Bilked

14. In criminal procedures, financially straitened citizens may apply for legal aid according to state stipulations for commissioning lawyers, agent ad litem , or defenders.