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How to use the word constricted in a Sentence?

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Having my son on drums has made a huge difference. I can't stress this strongly enough, in terms of the groove space and style that Joachim gave me to instinctively play what I felt in a more free way, rather than feeling constricted. That's true on record and on stage.

Ry Cooder

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

Imagine that when you get depressed, that not just one location on your forehead โ€” which forms this frown wrinkle โ€” but all the muscles get stressed and constricted, then there is a distributed muscle memory. By breaking that memory by basically relaxing all of them, you break the feedback between the head and the muscles in this case.

Ruben Abagyan

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Cherishing the sweet reminiscence of the early hours of life can be experienced as real enchantment: Those hours when fantasy is given wings and imagination allows us to sail with our paper boats through the stern roads of our constricted life. ( "Paper boats forever" )

Erik Pevernagie

added by anonymous
7 years ago

Life is damned to be a misunderstanding, if we just see it as we think it is, and not as it actually is. Life will be a sequence of misapprehensions, if we experience it with our own quirky wording, our own constricted view and not with the language of others. ( โ€œ Life was a misunderstanding ยป )

Erik Pevernagie

added by anonymous
8 years ago

It's certainly antiquated ; it's not consumer friendly, it's not a system where responsible adults find a convenient way to shop for these products. Someone who is of legal age should not be constricted.

Duane Milne

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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