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US
/kənˈstɹeɪnɪŋ/
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[ UK /kənstɹˈeɪnɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /kənstɹˈeɪnɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- restricting the scope or freedom of action
How To Use constraining In A Sentence
- Now, of course, the judges/justices can try to distinguish precedent, etc. but that doesn't eliminate the fact that stare decisis has some inherent value in constraining judicial decisionmaking. Balkinization
- It may seem too much like confinement, a denial of individual enterprise and the constraining of intuition into patterns of conformity.
- May the Lord graciously grant us this holy faith and the love for Christ that rises from it - a love that is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, constraining us to lean on him alone.
- Ideally continuity systems will be positive aids that enhance organizations' flexibility without overly constraining individuals.
- It may seem too much like confinement, a denial of individual enterprise and the constraining of intuition into patterns of conformity.
- He was constraining his mind not to wander from the task.
- Transformation of tectonic framework plays a decisive role in all factors constraining on hydrocarbon reservoir formation.
- Living in a parliamentary system as I do, the idea of constraining political lives seems a little odd. The Volokh Conspiracy » “Make Obama’s Third Term Possible”:
- By the second half of the nineteenth century the lack of a dependable water supply, underscored by frequent drought, was recognized as severely constraining the Cape Colony's agricultural development.
- Restoring the banking sector will necessarily mean that their living standards fall further, thereby constraining demand and imperilling recovery. Times, Sunday Times