verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
throat
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She just stared at Anneliese, her throat constricted .
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Lord, I screamed and ran, heart thudding, my throat so dry it constricted .
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Again his throat constricted , was dry.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Avoid clothing that constricts the blood circulation in your legs.
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The law constricts people's choices about how to educate their children.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the drive to constrict the activities of minority religions is unlikely to have the desired result.
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He can have anything, but chooses to constrict his life.
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He pushed into the dry toothless mouth that constricted like the elastic cuff of a pajama sleeve.
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I wanted to help him, but I felt constricted, struggling against the limitations of understanding and language.
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Much heat in the head with all the headaches; bursting, constricting pains.
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The management options for the immediate future have been considerably constricted by recent developments.
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The process is constricted by three factors -- population, minority distribution and simple geography.
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Women's clothing was, of course, constricting, doubtless an aspect of this fashion to control the body.