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.
• If your dog hates life jackets—and any other form of constraint—this is the perfect solution.
  — Kelley Rebori, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2022
• This constraint is also what led Southwest to the radical idea of unassigned seating.
  — Lisa Bodell, Forbes, 17 June 2022
• This is crucial in fluctuating labor markets or strong constraints that affect project costs and timelines.
  — Arturo Garcia, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
• That self-indulgence is both a constraint of Raising Raffi and its shadow subject.
  — Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 27 June 2022
• Yes, but: Buyers are keen on new builds, given existing supply constraints and (sometimes) better deals to be found.
  — Brianna Crane, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
• Garcia Márquez himself reportedly thought it could not be made into a movie, given the time constraints of even a very long feature.
  — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
• Direct participants to take the remaining five minutes to modify their plan under this new time constraint.
  — Lisa Bodell, Forbes, 17 June 2022
• But a lack of manpower poses a significant constraint for Russia.
  — Laris Karklis, Washington Post, 17 May 2022
• Financial limitations and staffing constraints mean that codes and standards more often than not remain unenforced.
  — Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
• Indeed, the biggest constraint for Apple fans hoping to play games is not performance, but the lack of support for most current big-budget titles.
  — Brian Westover, PCMAG, 8 July 2022
• Lawmakers are now admitting that the federal government faces a genuine budget constraint.
  — Tom Church, STAT, 4 May 2022
• Sadly, it cannot be acquired together with two-tone painting for the body, which according to KIA, is a construction constraint.
  — Kyle Edward, Forbes, 16 May 2022
• The operation will face legal challenges and logistical constraints.
  — Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
• The issue with supporting life on these worlds beyond the temperature constraints, is the potential lack of oxidation-reduction chemistry, which is the basis of all life.
  — Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024