STRAITENED in a Sentence

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Example sentences for STRAITENED, such as:

1. This was a cruel aggravation of actually straitened means.
2. But the neighborhood had now fallen into straitened circumstances.
3. The buildings, begun under straitened circumstances, were more than simple.
4. The mother is well bred, quiet, and has the habitual anxiety of straitened means.
5. So he returned his straitened means to his pocket, and gave up the idea of trying to buy the boys.

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 Meanings and Examples of STRAITENED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
straitened
 a.  squeezed or confined
Classic Sentence:
1  So he returned his straitened means to his pocket, and gave up the idea of trying to buy the boys.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  I think Mr. Murdstone's means were straitened at about this time; but it is little to the purpose.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
3  This was a cruel aggravation of actually straitened means.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
4  The mother is well bred, quiet, and has the habitual anxiety of straitened means.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
5  The buildings, begun under straitened circumstances, were more than simple.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER VIII
Example Sentence:
1  But the neighborhood had now fallen into straitened circumstances.