How to Use constraint in a Sentence

constraint

noun

• They refuse to work under constraint any longer.
• Lack of funding has been a major constraint on the building's design.
• They demand freedom from constraint.
• Tesla is making almost a million electric cars per year, and sourcing enough batteries is its biggest constraint, Moores said.
  — Tom Bowker, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2022
• What would be most helpful during the holidays to alleviate stress, time constraints, family commitments and lack of time for self-care?
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
• Meanwhile, the labor shortage continues to be a significant constraint on the supply side of the economy.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2022
• Cloud computing is currently seeing a similar cycle of abundance and constraint.
  — Andy Lin, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
• An additional major constraint is lack of infrastructure and lack of material.
  — Sofia Lotto Persio, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2022
• As the coronavirus has fewer and fewer nonimmune people to infect, though, immune evasion will become a more and more important constraint on its evolution.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2022
• The big constraint will be the speed of the permitting process.
  — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 12 Oct. 2020
• And the biggest constraint is the device's field of view.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2016
• Growth constraintsPart of the state's struggle has been staffing, the records show.
  — James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2017
• So far, the crown prince has faced no such constraints.
  — Karen Elliott House, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2018
• Due to time constraints, though, the Tri-Wing didn't make the film’s final cut.
  — Jon Alain Guzik, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2019
• Covid-19 is the constraint that is now pushing the whole world to transform.
  — Tim Peck, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2020
• To work around this constraint, the researchers abused the window.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2020
• Mike LaFleur called a constraint to that same look to open the fourth quarter.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2022
• Her siblings, too, chafed at the constraints of life in St. Marys.
  — Emma Green, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2019
• Time to step into the future and free your true love from the constraints of wires.
  — oregonlive, 4 Feb. 2020
• The constraints of the difficult site drove much of the design, says Berry.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• The time constraint forced me to a an almost clockwork pace.
  — Graeme McMillan, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2018
• The roots of being, if healthy, are never a constraint but a tool for growth.
  — Francesca Marani, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2022
• That's not the fault of ULA, but a constraint imposed by its payload.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2023
• So would their struggle to break free of these constraints.
  — Joost Hiltermann, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2017
• The sheer weight of the electric battery is the main constraint of these planes, Mukhopadhaya said.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024
• Whether the same constraints exist in health care is a question.
  — Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2018
• Lentils, to me, are a perfect winter-spring food when freed from the constraints of soup.
  — Amanda Shapiro, Bon Appetit, 24 Mar. 2017
• The problem arises when the budget comes first and acts as a constraint.
  — Chris Martin, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
• With no constraints in place, the way would be open to a new nuclear arms race.
  — The Economist, 27 Dec. 2019
• If a child’s family has financial constraints, Second Wind Fund covers the cost of 12 to 20 therapy sessions.
  — Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024