adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
circumstances
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Davison's investments failed, leaving the family in straitened circumstances when he died in 1893.
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But the neighborhood had now fallen into straitened circumstances .
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His father died in 1886, leaving the young family in straitened circumstances .
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There is evidence that sons make considerable efforts to provide support for their parents even when they are in straitened circumstances themselves.
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I should have sent the drinks back, but instead looked upon them as a windfall in our rather straitened circumstances .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And are there those, as Rose suggests, who live even more straitened lives?
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But it proved an expensive success, and in these straitened times, everybody is playing safe.
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But the neighborhood had now fallen into straitened circumstances.
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Davison's investments failed, leaving the family in straitened circumstances when he died in 1893.
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His father died in 1886, leaving the young family in straitened circumstances.
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In straitened times, group directors will face tough decisions about allocating resources between divisions.
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There is evidence that sons make considerable efforts to provide support for their parents even when they are in straitened circumstances themselves.