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Antonyms for constricted

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhn-strikt
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈstrɪkt


Definition of constricted

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin constrictus, past participle of constringere "compress" (see constrain). A direct borrowing from Latin of the same word which, via French, became constrain. Related: Constricted; constricting.
  • verb inhibit
Example sentences :
  • He picked up the notebook, his breath cold in his constricted throat.
  • Extract from : « Citadel » by Algirdas Jonas Budrys
  • It came to her like a blow, almost forcing a gasp from her constricted throat.
  • Extract from : « No Clue » by James Hay
  • The constricted living of flats had not come into existence.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl of Long Ago » by Amanda Millie Douglas
  • Her emotion moistened her eyes and constricted her throat muscles.
  • Extract from : « Old Mr. Wiley » by Fanny Greye La Spina
  • Because you were constricted, physically, psychically, and emotionally.
  • Extract from : « This Crowded Earth » by Robert Bloch
  • He did not know how powerful were the hands that had constricted him there.
  • Extract from : « The Border Watch » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Its fronds are constricted at intervals, taper at the tip, and grow in tufts.
  • Extract from : « The Sea Shore » by William S. Furneaux
  • In the half meridian of the shell about ten to twelve tubules, nearly cylindrical, but constricted in the middle.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Hence, his appeal to the female Penates took this constricted form.
  • Extract from : « Cradock Nowell, Vol. 2 (of 3) » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
  • Peristome small, constricted, scarcely one-fourth as broad as the shell, with twelve to fifteen short triangular vertical feet.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel

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