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Meanings of constraint in English
Usage of constraint in English
1
Reporting remains subject to heavy legal constraint, thus key information remains obscured.
2
The IMF has cited the power shortage as a serious economic constraint.
3
The Rococo is violent in chains, insolent in constraint, drunken in sobriety.
4
Some of the Directors were put under constraint; others supported the conspiracy.
5
She placed a strong constraint on herself; she spoke in friendly tones.
6
The constraint and the silence enhanced the furious tension of my nerves.
7
A lack of affordable bank financing is another constraint on home ownership.
8
There was a slight constraint in the faces of mother and daughter.
9
Nothing but the constraint of social usage now linked him to her.
10
Infants show interesting patterns of flexibility and constraint early in word learning.
11
That reticence was part of the general constraint lying upon them all.
12
When she had gone there seemed a curious constraint in the air.
13
They exchanged ideas without the least constraint, almost like brother and sister.
14
We all three sat down and a grave constraint was upon us.
15
He went on, the touch of constraint again apparent in his manner.
16
This constraint was soon broken up by the preparations for the march.
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Translations for constraint
Catalan
Spanish
Constraint through the time
Constraint across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common