How to Use constrain in a Sentence

constrain

verb

• Oregon is renowned for statewide policies that constrain urban sprawl.
  — Bart Johnson, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2021
• Gray military buildings, fences and roads cannot constrain the life bursting out of the rows of tents and airport hangars where people sleep.
  — Saphora Smith, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2021
• That disconnect could constrain the growing movement to break the companies up.
  — Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2021
• The Keep Nine amendment is a neutral rule that would constrain both sides equally, and would not require the self-restraint of relying on norms.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 29 July 2021
• Under these circumstances, the best way to constrain the evolution of the coronavirus is to reduce the number of infections.
  — Vaughn Cooper, Quartz, 10 Sep. 2021
• Stocks have staged a powerful rally since slumping early last year on fears of how the coronavirus pandemic would constrain business and the economy.
  — Will Horner, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2021
• In the report, Kostin cautioned that a significant rise in 10-year Treasury yields could constrain any sustained rally in stock prices.
  — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
• Republicans will only be constrained by how much deficit spending the party’s lawmakers and global financial markets can tolerate.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
• One powerful lawmaker has said the city rule is unenforceable and threatened legislative action to constrain mayors’ emergency powers.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2021
• Milley, for his part, took what the authors describe as a deferential approach to Biden on Afghanistan, in contrast to his earlier efforts to constrain Trump.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2021
• In the late 1970s, oil supply was constrained by OPEC and war.
  — Linsey Miller, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
• Imagine the electrons in an atom are constrained within the atom by a wall.
  — Niranjan Shivaram, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2023
• The four dots represent walls; the fifth, the inmate constrained by them.
  — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
• That's going to be a big, big concern that is tough to constrain.
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2022
• Beijing, on the other hand, has been much less constrained by the need for balance.
  — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 8 Jan. 2024
• Thus, the robotic work cells are designed to constrain the problem set for AI.
  — Bernard Casse, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
• That’s one less seller and buyer, which constrains both sides of the market.
  — Byalena Botros, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2023
• Guettel’s score is worth waiting for, even constrained by the directness of the premise.
  — Vulture, 6 June 2023
• The researchers could now use the starting molecule to constrain that slice.
  — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 21 June 2023
• Whether or not life is constrained to our definition of it here on Earth.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
• With the structure built three feet from the property line, the couple were constrained by city code in the amount of windows allowed on the side of the building.
  — Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• Providers are constrained by how much parents are willing and able to pay, which means wages for workers are low.
  — Axios, 31 July 2024
• In the models, the research team didn’t constrain how far the flying mammals could migrate.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 29 Apr. 2022
• But even then, the ILWU’s actions may be constrained by contract rules.
  — Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
• Very few laws in the US even relate to data brokers, let alone constrain their actions.
  — WIRED, 2 Sep. 2022
• Some parts are going to be constrained by the government on certain things.
  — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
• Set in the '70s, the film follows five sisters who are constrained by their strict religious parents.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Apr. 2023
• Richard Klein, who organized the show, said he was drawn to the way McCloud had forged his own path, and refused to be constrained by a single style.
  — Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 2 June 2024
• The camera, meanwhile, is just as constrained as Karoline’s life, with minimal movements – often forced to avoid allowing a glimpse of the 21st century to creep into the frame.
  — Will Tizard, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
• Limits to the knowledge of an antagonist’s geography have long constrained the capabilities and intentions of any warring party.
  — Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024