| 单词 | straiten |
| 例句 | Below-decks, we formed as best we could in straitened space and umbrageous darkness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Because of our straitened circumstances, my mother moved to Qunu, a slightly larger village north of Mvezo, where she would have the support of friends and relations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Knowing we were in straitened circumstances, she brought bags of “old” clothes that looked fairly new to me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There Glenn was raised in permanently straitened means, for his father never again found steady work. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The black community Jackson grew up in was small and straitened, hit hard by years of redlining. ‘Survival Math’ Opens Some Personal Wounds but Leaves Others Hidden 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Is this the shape of exhibitions to come, in these straitened times? Tate Britain's Watercolour: Awash with inspiration 2011-02-14T21:31:01Z All of them lived in the hinterland of Marylebone railway terminus, in the typically straitened circumstances of the old London working class. Rich and poor 2010-03-23T21:00:00Z It says something about the robust state of London theatre in these straitened times that new venues are still opening. These Shining Lives, Knee Deep, Mayfest: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-05-11T05:00:24Z In these straitened times, we may be forced to choose. Is a catchy title really the best means of safeguarding nuclear security? 2010-12-19T00:06:14Z Yet, he acknowledges, in these financially straitened times, worries like this can seem faintly pointless. Noises off: The hidden cost of recession in the theatre 2010-07-14T12:23:00Z At The Paris Metro, we all thought we were living a charmed life, however straitened our individual circumstances might be. Wes Anderson’s Dream of France, and the Paris I Remember 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z “I’m not sure what they are building up to but certainly the trend in the third series is to depict her as emotionally straitened and in some ways cold and even cruel to her son.” The British royal family is struggling through scandals. Can ‘The Crown’ help? 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z A chance meeting in the park with a fedora-wearing fellow opens the door to an alternate universe: a gated community dedicated to recreating the social and cultural milieu of the straitened but structured American 1950s. Critic?s Notebook: Louisville Dreaming: Characters Exploring Boundaries 2011-04-04T21:55:20Z A decade on, the commotion around a £40 Zara frock is a reflection of our straitened financial times. The story of The Dress: how a £40 Zara frock stole the summer 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Rijneveld’s debut novel, which won the 2020 International Booker Prize, centers on a dreamy girl growing up in straitened circumstances on a Dutch farm. New & Noteworthy, From the Rubik’s Cube to the Deep South 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Ryan is first seen in somewhat straitened circumstances, looking less than healthy. ‘Mossville: When Great Trees Fall’ Review: The Material Toxicity of Racism 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z In the prologue, he describes himself as someone “not at all sure he has ever had a single ‘spiritually significant’ experience,” a pretty straitened admission even for an avowed atheist. A Strait-Laced Writer Explores Psychedelics, and Leaves the Door of Perception Ajar 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z The architect grew up in Toronto in straitened circumstances, and his long climb to the pinnacle of architecture was arduous. A life in shapes 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z In straitened times he will surely be in demand more than ever. In praise of ? David McVicar 2010-04-28T23:05:00Z Mind you, despite the fact that Oppen spent much of his life in fairly straitened circumstances, the poverty in this poem seems more symbolic than actual. Poster poems: Poverty 2010-12-10T12:21:00Z The evocation of being a bright, loved child in straitened circumstances will stop all readers-who-would-be-writers in their tracks and make them think again. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z A one-woman show like “Consent” is also relatively cheap to produce and tour, no small advantage in straitened times for the arts. In Paris, First-Person Trauma Jumps from Page to Stage 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z This small museum was a beacon of curatorial excellence before straitened circumstances forced it to sell its building on West 53rd Street in Manhattan and downsize to its branch near Lincoln Center. Review: A Strange and Wonderful View of Outsider Art 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z But sunflowers were also a humble but valued source of food in straitened times, a snack to be consumed with friends. Sunflower, people power 2010-10-11T16:41:00Z In “Seven Chances,” Keaton plays James Shannon, a partner in a straitened brokerage firm. Now’s a Good Time to Give Silents a Try. Start With These Comedies. 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z In straitened economic times, the audience is even more captive than usual. Why Absolutely Fabulous now looks absolutely prescient 2011-08-29T20:30:02Z Accepting that award, Sir the Baptist, one of the album’s producers, addressed the straitened finances of historically Black colleges and universities. Beyoncé Makes History at a Star-Powered Grammy Awards Ceremony 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z The book follows the March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy—who live in straitened circumstances and have fallen on even harder times now that their father has gone off to war as a chaplain. Timeless Preoccupations and Old-School Virtues 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Fast food is now so cheap and readily available that its consumption is associated more with straitened circumstances than with affluent ones, but that wasn’t always the case. The Surprising History of McDonald’s and the Civil Rights Movement 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z It’s not a minor function of culture, in straitened times or flush ones. Culture of Recession? Or Vice Versa? 2010-12-17T14:43:26Z Generally, its decisions tend toward loosening rather than straitening the rules. Mary Norris’s Thoughts on Pesky Possessives 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z For artists and curators yet to receive the sort of financial support Trecartin now commands, a web-based project is often an economically sustainable solution in straitened times. Watch this web space: online art beamed straight to your desktop 2012-07-19T11:01:55Z For obvious reasons monodrama seems to be a form in favor at a time of straitened finances for opera presenters. Critic?s Notebook: A Mistress of Voltaire, Set to Video 2011-06-05T22:05:53Z Like other houses in Italy, this one labors under straitened circumstances due to cutbacks in government financing, but it soldiers on, producing a handful of operas by Donizetti and others over four months. Opera Review: Donizetti's Birthplace Revives His Bel Canto Gem,' Gemma Di Vergi' 2011-09-20T12:00:07Z As an aging, former big cheese who adapts himself with surprising cheer to changing, straitened circumstances while continuing to scheme to dominate them, Voight is a now delightful, now dangerous mix of ignorance and ambition. TV Picks: 'Mutt & Stuff,' 'Ray Donovan,' 'Web Junkie,' 'Blackout' 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z No matter how straitened his finances, Trumbo always enjoyed living in grand style. ‘Trumbo,’ soon to be a film, tells the tale of one of the Hollywood Ten 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Given the financially straitened times, it might seem to be grand folly. Opera North tackles Wagner's Ring Cycle – minus the financial dramas 2012-06-12T16:15:28Z Christian Jessen's report finds that, between the straitened resources of hospitals and the dedication of the young medics, junior doctors are still often putting in 100-hour weeks, which isn't good for them, or us. TV highlights 25/03/2013 2013-03-25T07:00:19Z Perhaps, in these straitened economic times, publishers are afraid of allowing novelists to create unsympathetic characters who will not resonate with a wider audience. The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud – review 2013-05-25T15:00:01Z You see, in these straitened times, we've come to see wealthy elites as corrupt, shadowy figures over whom we have no control, and yet whose dealings are slowly stripping away everything we hold dear. Celebrity divas: the foolish, fabulous, not-so-fearsome rich 2012-11-15T16:25:36Z The Library Campaign argues that it is possible to protect or enhance services even in economically straitened times, pointing to the success of councils such as Lancashire and Southwark. Library campaigners predict 1,000 closures by 2016 2013-07-12T11:11:22Z Color is among the least costly elements of adornment; the more materially straitened a culture, the more color one tends to see. A Wizard Who Works With Color and Pattern 2009-12-17T17:19:28Z As bracing as these portraits of female potency and swagger are, they seem strangely straitened, relegated to the realms of animated fables, retooled fairy tales or action-driven fantasy. In summer films, contradictions of progress for women in full force In these days of straitened budgets, when touring costs are prohibitive for so many, Pouffer and his dancers are using their privileged position to be global emissaries for the artform. Cedar Lake ballet's great leap forward 2012-10-09T16:04:05Z But Jackie’s bent for self-destruction may also stem from his citizenship in a country of straitened circumstances, one that now offers fewer and fewer opportunities to those not born to them. Down-and-Outs Are Center Stage Once Again 2011-05-12T14:32:27Z It's the last drama of its scale that BBC4 are likely to commission in these straitened times, so savour it. Catch-up TV guide: from Luther to Comran's Drive-In 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z I came away from the Court yearning for a rebirth of prose-poetry on the British stage, and convinced that, in straitened times, the rehearsed reading is a way of keeping our theatrical inheritance alive. Remember Arden 2012-11-26T16:22:18Z Broadway has become a rather straitened marketplace, artistically speaking. Second Stage Hopes $58 Million Plan Aids American Playwrights 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z "We live in straitened and uncertain economic times," Mainland said. Lockerbie play draws attention at Edinburgh Fringe 2010-08-06T16:39:00Z She was raised by her mother, sometimes in straitened circumstances, in Lancaster, Pa. Bored at school, she rebelled — challenging teachers, lashing out at her mother, hanging out with hackers and languishing in school. Danah Boyd: Cracking Teenagers? Online Codes 2012-01-20T23:56:23Z In such straitened circumstances, it's not difficult to understand why alcohol might have begun to seem like an ally, or else a key to a locked door. What drives writers to drink? 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z Is the whole thing some elaborate, Kaufmanesque hoax: Phoenix and Affleck's attempt to escape the straitening vacuity of 21st century Hollywood cinema? I'm Still Here trailer deepens Joaquin Phoenix mystery 2010-08-17T14:11:00Z Being an artistic director is an all-consuming responsibility, even more so in these straitened times. Playwright and 'Moonlight' screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney to lead Geffen Playhouse 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z But merchants and analysts said the dollarization boost has proven insufficient in the face of limited credit, a depreciating local currency, higher taxes, straitened public spending amid lower oil income, and rising utility bills. 'The boom is over': Venezuelans lament end of brief dollarization boost 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Indeed, the fans are only now starting to get used to the USA's new straitened circumstances. USA World Cup exit a predictable 'catastrophe' 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z The overall stats are heavily influenced by the biggest clubs, but in straitened times any increase is an achievement. Essential guide to new Scottish Premiership season 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z But under straitened national circumstances, all the pomp strikes a sour note for some. Coronation time: A bit of Harry Potter and Monty Python, more than a little national self-reckoning 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z But that doesn’t mean an economically straitened Britain won’t throw an extravagant party as it crowns its first king in seven decades in May. Buckingham Palace Sets 3-Day Coronation Weekend for King Charles III 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Unlike in the snooty East, with its fixed ways and straitened norms, it was not unusual to find women holding positions of authority in the less-settled West. Column: In the desert, history blooms as Arizona tops records with a fifth female governor 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Britain’s straitened public finances and its higher borrowing costs — a consequence, in part, of rising interest rates in reaction to her policies — will require painful spending cuts. Sunak Faces Political Test of His Career: Unify Party, Fix the Economy 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z But I have learned that prose often benefits from the cushioning of a few extra words — for rhythm, for sense, sometimes simply to counter the airlessness of sentences that are so straitened they can’t breathe. Opinion | Writers, be wary of Throat-Clearers and Wan Intensifiers. Very, very wary. 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z The real-life background to the commercial, in which Gorbachev’s straitened financial circumstances made him willing to become a pitchman for pizza, spoke volumes about how history had already gone off the rails for him. Perspective | Why Gorbachev’s death feels like it’s part of an alternate history 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Grantham is the birthplace of Margaret Thatcher, an icon of the right who looms large in every Conservative leader contest, but never more so than in these economically straitened times. Vying to Lead Britain, Candidates for Prime Minister Emulate Another: Thatcher 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z This year’s program carries the theme to an extent that is overly optimistic for Russia’s straitened circumstances. Russia’s economic forum to be far smaller but moves forward 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Even in straitened times, the Kremlin has a habit of spending on arms rather than people: We can be sure that it won’t be the military budget that Mr. Putin cuts first. Opinion | Russia Is Down. But It’s Not Out. 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Even in its straitened circumstances it’s a major political contributor, having handed out more than $29 million in the 2020 election cycle. Column: Uvalde demonstrates our cowardice about guns 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z At 57%, turnout was the lowest in decades, reflecting apathy among many voters in Costa Rica, where straitened economic times have fueled disenchantment with the political class. Costa Rican maverick Chaves makes pitch to opposition after presidency win 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Perhaps, despite poor leadership, straitened circumstances and declining conditions, you believe deeply in your university and its mission of public education, and you know that your work can contribute to it. My Colleague Is Secretly Holding Two Jobs. Should I Expose Her? 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Within the straitened limits of network TV formats, the series tried genuinely to plumb the dilemmas of journalism at a time when newspapers still set the nation’s agenda. Opinion | As Lou Grant, Ed Asner gave us comedy, drama and an indelible portrait of a hard-working journalist 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z “Under very straitened circumstances - which is what these Games are - we will have, I think, an outstanding track and field championships.” Coe sees track and field healthy ahead of Olympic program 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Something similar might be said of their younger counterparts — Bobby, trying to reconcile his straitened circumstances, or Gracie, “aching for freedom that seeps ever away, watching liberty puddle outside itself.” Review: What happens when the mountain West doesn't love you back 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z His father, an ordained Church of Scotland minister, died while he was still a child, leaving the family in straitened circumstances. Kenneth Kaunda: Zambia's independence hero 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z After years of plenty, money is tight, and times are straitened, for everybody. The Game of Tomorrow, Today 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z I always try to encourage people when I write about a specific person’s need to extrapolate outward and consider helping those they see around them in similarly straitened circumstances. Help wanted: Do you know someone in L.A. who offers great assistance to others? 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Murky advice from the CDC about which cohorts should receive priority for vaccination during a period of straitened supply has left states to craft their policies on their own. Column: Should you be surprised that Trump's rollout of the COVID vaccine is a fiasco? 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z They insist that the state government's restrictions -- intended to prevent the deadly spread of COVID-19 -- are punishing small-business owners who lack the resources to remain operational indefinitely in such straitened conditions. Dozens of coronavirus summonses against NYC bar patrons dropped 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z The patience demonstrated in the straitened times of the pandemic, then, may be rooted as much in inclination as it is in necessity. European Soccer Learns a New Virtue: Patience 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z It is difficult to overstate the importance of Champions League qualification and especially now in these straitened times. Fernandes penalty salvages point for Manchester United at Tottenham 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z But to everyday Americans, the straitened circumstances mentioned by Joe Biden in his tweet on the matter are of more direct concern than squabbles over the proper reach of executive power. 'We don’t have a king': Trump and Cuomo in bizarre exchange over Covid-19 response 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Officials are struggling to find a balance between their needs and residents’ newly straitened circumstances. Property Taxes Are Probably Still Due Despite Coronavirus 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z The visitors were impressed by some advances made given the straitened circumstances. China: How science made a superpower 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Just as cutting revenues led to runaway deficits rather than forcing the government to live within those straitened means, capping labor gave birth to the blended federal workforce. Bring everyone who works for the federal government under the microscope 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z It has much in common with the 1970s sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," including a diverse cast; kids in straitened social or economic circumstances; and a star and main character named Gabe, who teaches with comedy. Review: It’s not just ‘Stranger Things.’ Two new Netflix sitcoms have a nostalgic streak too 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z The same straitened approach is evident across German campuses. Bernie Sanders and other Democrats are embracing free college. Europe shows it can be done, but there’s a cost. 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z The people who offer themselves to the electorate belong to a straitened breed. Militias, chaos and starvation: Britain 10 years after Brexit 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Imagine a restaurant frequented both by rich Wall Street execs and by straitened artists. Is It O.K. for a Chinese Restaurant to Favor Chinese Patrons? 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z He felt ashamed of his shabby appearance and the straitened circumstances in which he lived. Eric Hobsbawm’s dangerous reputation 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z These are necessarily straitened times but Pochettino may not find it easy to toe the line. Premier League 2018-19 preview No 17: Tottenham Hotspur 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Budget cuts aside, where resources are focused in the health service makes a difference to STI rates, both in less and more financially straitened times. Reality Check: Are dating apps really behind syphilis rise? 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z Lynda’s ill health and straitened family financial circumstances that forced a sale of the longtime family home may have played a role. How a scrawny misfit turned into Florida’s worst school shooter 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z She is prepared to remain at the advertising firm even though she considers it a “beastly office”, and refuses to start a family in straitened circumstances. The lessons of “Keep the Aspidistra Flying” for millennials 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z It is hard to imagine how reduced and straitened life in northern England still was in the nineteen-sixties; the war dragged a long, gray shadow. W. G. Sebald, Humorist 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z There’s a big argument taking place over whether in these straitened times we should be continuing to fund foreign aid programmes. Even in an age of austerity, aid works. We have to keep giving | David Cameron 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z In an era of straitened budgets, obligations of this magnitude can make ambitious infrastructure hard to justify, no matter the system’s requirements. The Second Avenue Subway Is Here! 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z It was a red letter day for England, one that showed them they could adapt to straitened circumstances on the fly and work out how to win despite the odds being stacked against them. Six Nations 2017: The moments that defined England's rise and the ones to come 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The Montclair variation grows up in straitened circumstances but with an intact family. Paul Auster’s Novel of Chance 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z But they provide police forces with useful extra income, especially in these straitened times. Police in Britain want to keep more of the loot they confiscate 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z He says "any recovery plan will be limited" by Britain's straitened economic circumstances. European press debates post-Brexit alternatives - BBC News 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z There is no doubt the white working classes in the west have suffered in recent decades, yet no other demographic that has endured similarly straitened circumstances is indulged in this way. Misogyny won the US election – let’s stop indulging angry white men | Hadley Freeman 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z To me, jointweed’s blooms evoke the transient beauty of cherry blossoms, but unlike those ephemeral beauties, its flowers signal the straitened arrival of winter rather than the promise of spring. Coastal Jointweed Brings Fall Blooms to City’s Barrens 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z First, a catalyst: nationalist Euroscepticism is an expression of fury at an establishment that, in straitened times, appears to do too much for spendthrift southern Europeans and migrants, and too little for local strivers. The new J-curve 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The privation that contributed to Balan’s death didn’t occur in the straitened circumstance of a refugee camp, or on the borderlands of a war-torn region. 'We are the forgotten people': the anguish of Australia's 'invisible' asylum seekers 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z For some kids brought up in straitened circumstances or on the wrong side of the tracks, boxing is one of the few ways to achieve respectability. Nick Blackwell: How boxing's inherent darkness also makes it attractive 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Amid the straitened circumstances, the mortgage protesters say that they need a helping hand from a state that refuses to extend it. As energy prices drop, ordinary Russians are protesting 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z The 2008 edition of the guild’s newsletter, “imPRessions,” pointed to straitened times. In London, PR Professionals Make Pitch for ‘Livery’ Status 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Rubio, reflecting his straitened finances, has relied for television advertising on a nonprofit group, Conservative Solutions, which does not disclose its donors. ‘Outsider’ Presidential Candidates Prove Competitive in Fund-Raising 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Advertisement Mr. Youssef was raised in straitened circumstances in Londrina, a town in Paraná, and as a teenager he helped his mother at a food concession at a local airport. Petrobras Oil Scandal Leaves Brazilians Lamenting a Lost Dream 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z This straitened city has already pumped $800 million into its sports stadiums. Sports Owners Dip Into the Public’s Purse, Despite Their Billions in the Bank 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Klineberg contends that the ordinary Texan is way ahead of the politicians, whose crabbed and straitened view of Texas belies the wealth of possibility that exists within our borders. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Most of the kids were hardscrabble, living in straitened circumstances, though some had been kicked out of private schools and were simply in disgrace. Surfing into Adolescence 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z It fell in 2013 to substantially below its level 10 years earlier, and, as one of the most politically vulnerable elements in an increasingly straitened federal budget, looks likely to shrink further. American Innovation Rests on Weak Foundation 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z In between innings and at-bats, you could hear the straitened story of modern Cuba. In Cuba, Baseball Remains a Grand Preoccupation 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z In the straitened lives of the first colonists, I like to imagine that the berries provided a bit of flavor and a moment’s comfort during those first grim winters. Rare in New York City, the Wild Cranberry Is Tart and Sweet 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z But the rising cost of Napoleon artifacts and the straitened finances of France’s public institutions mean museums lack the funds to keep all but a few pieces from slipping into private hands. In New Napoleonic Era, His Hats and Stockings Rise to Power 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z For the first time since 2005, there will be only nine teams in the paddock and some of them are competing in straitened circumstances. Formula One's chickens come home to roost 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Six sources involved in the bidding process told Reuters that bidders knew the straitened circumstances of the tenants. Special Report: Why Madrid's poor fear Goldman Sachs and Blackstone 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Beyond its roles as illustration, affirmation, hypothesis-builder and low-level guidance for practice, storytelling can act as a modest counterbalance to a straitened understanding of evidence. Why Doctors Need Stories 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z It is experienced differently by different people: my rock bottom might be your straitened existence, which might be his comfortable lifestyle. Revolution by Russell Brand review – soft-soap therapy when we need a harder edge 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z One of the main culprits, it reckons, is weak growth in imports in commodity-exporting countries, due to their straitened circumstances. Oil and trouble 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Ai Weiwei, the big man of Beijing, has spent years discovering pockets of freedom in the most straitened circumstances, resisting every effort by the Chinese government to shut him down. @Large: Ai Weiwei takes over Alcatraz with Lego carpets and a hippie dragon 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z And then I couldn’t recall the name of the female chief Supreme Court justice raised in straitened circumstances. Hoard Tupperware? Use cruise control? You may be suffering from advancing age. Firms with straitened finances might be unable to invest adequately in a new business without cannibalising the old. Pardon the disruption 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z He was raised in straitened circumstances, in a trailer park. Dinner Lab Brings the Wisdom of Crowds to Haute Cuisine 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Were other factors at play here, too, such as mental health, a financially straitened mental health system and an American political system cowed by the NRA, leading to too much access to guns? Elliot Rodger was a misogynist – but is that all he was? 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z "Pre-distribution" is clunky, but the only way to share in straitened times is less by tax credits and more by better wages, lower rents and no cartels overpricing utilities. No poll jitters: Axelrod can help Labour hit back, and hard 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Towards the end of his life he found himself living in financially straitened circumstances in Paris. Man who inspired Steve McQueen's character in The Great Escape 2014-05-01T23:05:21Z What in most other countries would be regarded as an extravagance - especially in these straitened times - is held up as a mark of pride. Bread and circuses in France's economy 2014-02-14T00:37:33Z Mr Laws said he did not back the continuation of all universal benefits in the current straitened economic climate - suggesting that it was "dotty" that wealthy pensioners were still able to get winter fuel allowance. Universal school meals help 'right' 2013-09-18T16:26:54Z The Irish government would be called on to provide at least half the cost, something that might seem unlikely in these straitened times. A bridge across the Irish Sea and four other amazing plans 2013-08-14T11:15:41Z But just because the straitening of their circumstances is barely noticeable to the wider community, it doesn't mean that these wounded beasts aren't bitterly aware of it themselves. How to cope as a washed-up former millionaire mogul? Here's my advice… 2013-06-22T23:04:18Z In straitened times, will broadcasting the videoed byproducts of elite institutions be seen as good enough for the masses? Q. Will 'Moocs' be the scourge or saviour or higher education? 2013-05-12T17:21:56Z The revival of bespoke bicycles in the past couple of years has come hand-in-hand with some very straitened economic times. The art of hand crafted bicycles 2013-04-16T23:09:41Z In straitened times, perhaps more will be run as businesses. Closing airport control towers: Eyes wide open 2013-04-11T15:18:13Z Others, including the commenters on this article, will suggest that spending money on odour-enhanced marketing is not the best use of taxpayers' money in these straitened times. Scratch and sniff cannabis leaflets? Smells like a nice gimmick 2013-03-21T13:07:46Z And, particularly in these straitened times, when there is so much pressure on the public finances. Nick Clegg warns UK economy cannot be propped up by Square Mile alone 2013-02-18T11:44:07Z It is altogether remarkable, in these straitened and inequitable times, that land value tax is not at the heart of the current political debate. I agree with Churchill: let's get stuck into the real shirkers 2013-01-21T20:30:01Z In straitened times perhaps clubs should again consider the price of admission. Ten talking points from the weekend 2013-01-07T09:00:00Z Well, of course the direct exchange of goods and services championed by Aristotle never went away, but in these straitened times, old practices are being reinvigorated using modern tools. A barter way of doing business 2013-01-04T13:00:01Z Bolton and Blackburn, who came down with them, are also in the bottom half of the division, parachutes notwithstanding or perhaps not opening in straitened times. Fear grips Stale Solbakken's Wolves while Mick McCarthy laps up cheers 2012-12-30T23:00:07Z New York City’s budget is straitened, its rainy-day funds near emptied even before this hurricane struck. Gotham: The Storm Had Heroes, but Can the Mayoral Campaign? 2012-11-13T03:08:09Z Now analysts say PC vendors face tough challenges persuading consumers in particular to spend on PCs rather than smartphones and tablets as straitened economic times worsen in many regions. PC market shrinks year-on-year: can Windows 8 save it now? 2012-10-11T12:17:55Z And in these straitened times, alternative sources of revenue are worth exploring. Brickstarter: crowd-funding takes to the streets 2012-08-24T13:51:09Z Cards on the table time: sadly, the Guardian's budget doesn't stretch to a specialist gymnastics live blogger in these straitened times and I'm not going to pretend I'm anything other than an enthusiastic observer. Men's gymnastics final – live! 2012-07-30T15:16:00Z That is in stark contrast to tough times for makers of chips for PCs, for which demand is weak as straitened consumers opt for fewer devices and choose mobile options instead. Smartphones a brightspot amid Asian chipmaker gloom 2012-07-18T09:19:27Z This leaves Republican governors arguing for a new, costly government programme of questionable utility in straitened fiscal times. Election laws: Voting rights, voting wrongs 2012-07-12T15:01:36Z Deloitte says a combination of fair play rules and straitened economic times, which are limiting revenue growth, may see a majority of top flight clubs reporting operating losses rather than profits. Premier League wages at new highs 2012-05-30T23:00:10Z It is aimed at reverting public spending to its level of roughly five years ago, hardly straitened times. Cameron should know that money in pockets, not austerity, brings growth 2012-05-24T19:30:22Z And in these economically straitened times, there's a conflict with the way many politicians and businessmen see the immediate future and the need to "grow" our way out of recession. The joylessness of shopping 2012-05-24T11:51:47Z Just as the Macedonian conquest, whilst increasing the domain of Greek culture, had straitened Greek liberty, so Rome, whilst bringing Hellenism finally into secure possession of the nearer East, extinguished Greek freedom altogether. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z We were poor, you know; in what is called straitened circumstances. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z He seems to have been straitened in circumstances, for he had but thirty crowns left, and of these he generously gave thirteen to make up the marriage portion of the sister of his beloved Salaï. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z After he had completed his university course, he was for many years in very straitened circumstances. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z An accident had killed Sidney Harding before he was twenty-five, before his child was born, and Kate was left alone in comparatively straitened circumstances. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z Pent as she had been in cities, straitened in mean rooms where sight and smell had alike been outraged, she revelled in this sweet and open life. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z His early life was passed in very straitened circumstances, but his father spared no pains to give him as much elementary education as possible. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The act or making narrow; a straitening or contacting. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Friends and acquaintances thought the husband was a madman to continue his quest of birds when his family was in straitened circumstances. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z They went into the house--the house that until now dishonor had never touched, though hard times had often straitened it, and more than once in the generations poverty had menaced it. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z She is pinched by straitened circumstances just as the women of China are pinched by their shoes. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z I have known good men that were quite rich, and I have known some mean men who were in straitened circumstances. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z But he was sadly straitened in the matter of books. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z The charge in Dante’s case was obviously preposterous, though ingeniously devised; for he was known to be at the time in somewhat straitened circumstances, and had recently been in control of certain public works. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z The Tory MPs - joined by some backbenchers from other parties - questioned the amount of money going to the sector during "straitened times". PM urged to cut wind farm subsidy 2012-02-05T15:15:53Z This sum amounts to much more in times so straitened as these, and should be highly esteemed. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century 2012-02-03T03:00:18.817Z My world dwindled and straitened as swiftly as it had enlarged. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z But he was frequently called away from school, partly by sickness, to which he was subject at an early age, and partly by his fathers straitened circumstances. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Her father, a West India merchant, left his family in straitened circumstances, and Charlotte, who had a fine contralto voice, went on the operatic stage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z On arrival he was found to be in very straitened circumstances and the Duke of Kent was believed to have given him pecuniary assistance to enable the party to proceed on their voyage. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z In the straitened circumstances in which Mr. —— found himself, he had been led to forget his promise to his son, and to alienate his last acre of land. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z That without such naval force, little more can be attempted by them than straitening the quarters of the enemy, and covering the interior parts of the country. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.850Z Even here they were, however, much straitened for provision, the corregidor of Leon having desired all men to burn the provisions wherever the Buccaneers landed. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z In the final act the hero was in straitened circumstances, but all ends well, with the discomfiture of old Dubad and his worthy son, and the final settlement of all jealousies between the other characters. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z Ulysses between Scylla and Charybdis.An exemplification of Satan straitened in his passage to Light. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z From time to time my heart finds itself much straitened in its cage. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, or not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z Shelburne hints that he was mad, or nearly mad, and that, though not actually confined, he was obliged to live a very retired life, complicated by straitened circumstances. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z One of his contemporary biographers, says, “Sir Thomas, though he sometimes confidentially accounted for his straitened circumstances through life by referring to his early burdens, never regretted them, nor murmured at their reminiscence.” Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z He had taken everything too much for granted—surely, straitened as were his means, he should have proffered her some assistance. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Such a contrivance would perhaps be useful to small farmers in England, when straitened for room in their barns. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The pontifical chapel of Montecavallo was assigned to Reni to paint; but, being straitened in payments by the ministers, the artist made off to Bologna. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z He was thus frequently straitened, and, as his necessities pressed, he sold successive interests in his newspaper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The commission's proposal is bold, considering Europe's straitened financial times. On the Horizon? European Commission Outlines ?80 Billion Resarch Budget 2011-11-30T19:37:43Z Oh, reader, we are not straitened in Christ, but in ourselves. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z She must be in very straitened circumstances financially, for she has only one room on the fourth floor, and keeps no servant. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Moreover, Essex found himself compelled to defend his conduct and motives to the Committee of Both Kingdoms, and as usual was straitened for men and money. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The Protestant, therefore, would be much straitened within the Greek limits. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Hatsell, Baron—Mr. Cowper, I would not have you straiten yourself, but only ask those questions that are pertinent. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z She regarded the idea of being obscure and with straitened funds as a calamity simply horrible. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z I absolutely must reform, for I do not propose that my father shall straiten himself for me; and that is what will happen if I continue to lead the life I have been leading. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z He was maintained by his mother, and his straitened means were eked out by certain small exhibitions from his college. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z That I abandon places when I like them not, Unless Death chain the soul and straiten her career? A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Many are kept always in straitened circumstances, from the incessant demands on their time and attention. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z Outwardly demure, yet inwardly rebellious against the straitened conventions of the times, she dimples over with roguish merriment upon the slightest provocation. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z The fact is, Mr. Luxmare--and this is entirely between ourselves--Mr. Plumber is in such straitened circumstances----" "Quite so. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Several congregations find themselves already very much straitened; and if the mode increases, I wish it may not drive many ordinary women into meetings and conventicles. Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church 2011-11-11T03:00:36.693Z It is hardly possible to imagine a body of men in such straitened circumstances keeping up, and even fighting against hope for delivery. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z It was not that he was straitened in God. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z Deprived of it, we shall be straitened and shackled in some degree. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z It deals with the fortunes of a family in straitened circumstances, the father of which has a gift for poetry that publishers refuse to recognize. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z King Alfred was at this time straitened more than was becoming. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z His youth was spent in straitened circumstances, but he gradually acquired a reputation as a singer at the various courts of the German princes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z The remaining five, although much straitened for room, continued for some time scrambling over the cow's back, busy with their beaks and apparently very much excited over the treasure they had discovered. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z If we were not straitened for money, I should advise Congress to send a Minister to Vienna. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z Persons in straitened circumstances, who actually live from hand to mouth, deposit their hard-earned savings for a twelvemonth to be spent on this grand festival. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z For Arthur, having got together a fleet, sailed round the rivers, and besieged the enemy fifteen days together, by which they were so straitened with hunger, that they died by thousands. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z By the breath of God frost is given and the breadth of the waters is straitened. Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities 2011-10-12T02:00:53.650Z It is chiefly small countries, that are straitened for room at home, like Holland and England, that go in quest of foreign settlements.... The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Paine was too much accustomed to straitened means to allow this affair to trouble him much. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z You have seen the stern, invincible purpose of this man in the face of an apathetic public, painfully straitened finances, epidemics, and the desolations of war. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z I know he is not generous, but have always believed that if we should be in yet more straitened circumstances he would give us some assistance. The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z Hugo was now somewhat straitened in means, as he derived nothing from his dramas and his various works. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z The College Aid Society, which at an annual cost of from $6000 to $7000 helps ambitious girlhood, for whom straitened means would otherwise render a university education impossible, is an interesting feature of the college. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z His health being now quite shattered, Switzerland was prescribed; there, for five years, in the country housekeeping of their straitened circumstances, his son and daughter tended him. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z The garrison again becoming much straitened for provisions, the Adelantado, in June, was obliged to go to Cuba for succor. The Spaniards in Florida Comprising the notable settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 2011-09-24T02:00:14.187Z His father, too, was straitened, for old Mr. Bellenger had left his entire fortune by will to his wife, who had refused to sanction the reckless extravagance of her son's family. Jessie Graham 2011-09-21T02:00:30.653Z There would be no longer debt, but there would be straitened circumstances, and, perhaps, misery. The Princess of Bagdad a play in three acts 2011-09-15T02:00:11.723Z Hence her heart was as straitened with merciless sorrow as if she had lost one who was nearest of all to her. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z "All," said Garret Weasel, with emphatic solemnity as he straitened his body even beyond the perpendicular line. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z But while thus in the west the agricultural population suffers seriously from the excessive subdivision of landed property, they are straitened in the eastern and northern provinces by their exclusion from it. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z Meanwhile Basia was holding counsel from early morning with her husband and Pan Zagloba how to unite two loving and straitened hearts. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Pain straitens our heart, and we are ashamed of our own subjects! The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z I think Mr. Murdstone’s means were straitened at about this time; but it is little to the purpose. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z Impeded by straitened means, the artist seems frequently to have drawn from imagination rather than from life, and much of his anatomy of muscle is in consequence conventional and false. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The Colonial Records of Connecticut, in 1644, ordered “one sufficient inhabitant” in each town to keep an ordinary, since “strangers were straitened” for want of entertainment. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z But old Novoveski knew him before he spoke; and Eva also knew him, though the heart was straitened in her from terror and disgust at sight of that ghastly visage. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Pan Andrei suffered terribly; his breath failed him, and his throat was so straitened that he feared lest he might not be able to bring forth the words when he came to speak. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z Thereby Wolff freed research from the straitened bonds of prejudice, and entered the only possible path by which science can advance—the path along which the biology of our century has made so great advances. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z A terrible fear straitened the heart of the prince. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z On the whole, the financial condition of the court at Kyoto was somewhat more straitened than that of the most powerful daimyo. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z A kind of painful feeling straitened her breast; a certain coldness was blown suddenly from the empty nave and chilled that calm which a moment before filled her whole being. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z A real chasm is opened between man and the grace He gives, so that, although not straitened in Him, they are straitened in their own affections. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z His proverbs are the proverbs of men whose lives are too meagre and straitened to permit them to forget his saying that if you will not hear Reason she'll surely rap your knuckles. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z And at your own cost, since I am straitened for money. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z He wished to drink, but could not, his throat was so straitened. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z I do not mind saying frankly that my means are straitened, and that I cannot indulge her with many pleasures. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z She is now quite advanced in years, nearly all her relatives dead, and she is in very straitened circumstances. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z It was Ralph who had kept him straitened by borrowing sums from him amounting in the whole to about twenty-seven pounds. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z "What troubles the prince? what is taking place here?" was whispered unquietly around; and an ominous foreboding straitened all hearts, startled expectation was on every face. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z The trumpets sounded throughout the regiments; but the hearts of all were straitened. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z For, those who were there already—hardened men and strong, pioneers who had roughed it—were themselves in straitened case, and it was no place for boys. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z In an age of straitened government, the FAA is in a great position to demand more from its controllers. Air Safety Means Tougher Stance on Controllers’ Blunders: View 2011-07-29T00:22:05Z For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z See how poor and straitened we are, and Jacqueline’s life will be free from any care at all! Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z The prince spoke quietly, but such bitterness and pain trembled in his voice that all present were straitened with sorrow. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Until He was baptised with this baptism of suffering, He was like one straitened on every side by an imperious task which claims his every thought. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z For narrow is the gate and straitened is the way that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.” Treading the Narrow Way 2011-07-21T02:00:18.563Z It became too short, too tight, too straitened every way, and impeded the circulation of correspondence,—no unimportant artery of our national system. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z The arts did not bring wealth to those who practised them, however, and his parents at the time of his birth were in straitened circumstances. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z Finances were straitened, and Leland, in spite of his simple tastes, was apt to be extravagant where she was concerned. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z And some ground is left for such men to stand upon, though we who believe may think them straitened for room. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z This must be otherwise now; hitherto you have had the excuse of our straitened circumstances that have compelled you sometimes to discharge a servant's duties. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z His parents had lived on straitened means to give him superior advantages, which, as it proves, he would have been much better without. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z Both are wrong: in these straitened times, we need world-class education programs, from infancy on up. Head Start Doesn't Work 2011-07-07T09:15:00Z The seamy side of life had indeed been his—failure, straitened means, disappointment in every form, and worse. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z I listened to everything without the least attention, chewing toasted bread and swallowing with straitened throat the heated wine. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z So his straitened budget could force some libraries to curtail hours as demand surges. City Room: Talk of President Cuomo? 2016 Is a Long Way Off 2011-06-26T22:16:05Z Each country now plans to boost its guarantee, enabling the fund to tap the full 440 billion euros promised on the dramatic May weekend, and to buy bonds directly from straitened governments. Papandreou Budget Hole Threatens to Swallow Europe, Defies Fix 2011-06-22T22:18:00Z He wished to be alone, for he felt exceedingly oppressed and straitened in his new position. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Despite these straitened times, the trend for bigger parties is unlikely to go into reverse. Why has everything become a costly milestone event? 2011-06-20T10:26:56Z All this, taken together, formed, at least for us, a picture so gloomy that the heart was straitened at sight of it. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z The physician often has patients who have been in affluence but after a financial panic are in straitened circumstances. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Such objects were given as souvenirs, and occasionally sold by families in straitened circumstances. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Many years having elapsed, the son is not recognised by his father, who has married a second wife and is in straitened circumstances. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z Being in straitened circumstances he early commenced a life of toil, supported himself and to a great extent educated himself. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z I remained alone, with a straitened heart, in a kind of deep sorrow, in tears which stopped my throat, moved by Selim's kindness, angry with myself, and cursing my conduct in having repulsed him. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z To the miners he was one of themselves, and they believed that he was in the same straitened circumstances as they were. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z He could see, as well as the girls, that the little family were in straitened circumstances. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z She had only one aunt, the wife of her father's brother, a good and kind woman; who, however, was in straitened circumstances, and lived in a distant village. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z I said to myself: he knows about our straitened means. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z Svirski took note of that smile, and a bitter, angry feeling straitened his heart. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z That is straitening still more a system that is already very narrow. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Gamba is, as you rightly suggested, far too straitened to go into society; however, he no way requires it, he has good health and untiring industry, and requires no such relaxation. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z To the Editers of The Cawcashin: Surs:—Didn't I tell you that, as soon as I got here, I would straiten things out? Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia 2011-05-22T02:00:13.943Z He means that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or, the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z My heart was straitened in me with such pain and despair as never before. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z No one can wish to straiten his chance of acquittal, or to inquire too curiously whether there be not a pretext for closing the door that now stands ajar. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z I may tell you," he said, "that she is in very straitened circumstances. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z In the month of May his father died after a few days' illness, leaving his wife and large family in very straitened circumstances. Pope Pius the Tenth 2011-04-26T02:00:21.967Z He supposed it could only refer to the straitened circumstances of his family which the young artist expected at some time to relieve, by the proceeds of his successful pencil. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z In a straitened French media world, too, he said, which can afford fewer foreign correspondents, “the presence of the people of Africa dwindles.” Diplomatic Memo: French Colonial Past Casts Long Shadow Over Policy in Africa 2011-04-18T02:11:15Z Meanwhile I believe the family are in circumstances so straitened—he having taken away every pound in the house—that even the most trifling assistance is called for. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z However the financial realities at Tottenham – as displayed by the balance sheet accompanying Levy's remarks – point to straitened circumstances ahead. Tottenham 'streamlining' may lead to Gareth Bale's departure 2011-04-07T23:06:12Z Years ago, when she was an infant, her father had died, leaving her mother in sorely straitened circumstances. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z He, at all events, is not likely to be troubled with straitened circumstances.” The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z But I have a baptism to be baptized with: and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! Walks and Words of Jesus A Paragraph Harmony of the Four Evangelists 2011-03-26T02:00:17.857Z This was lure enough for the elder invitées, especially in a city still straitened if not besieged; while to the younger the dancing itself offered attraction sufficient. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z "Schwarzenberg and her friends will be a little straitened for a while after this," said Taylor. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z By the time the year 1826 came round, Colonel Talbot, in consequence of his exertions to forward the interests of his settlement, had begun to be very much straitened for means. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z You know how very straitened are our circumstances—how your poor dear father left little to support us—having but little to leave?” The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z One divines accumulated gains, a wealthy and spending middle class quite different from ours, so pinched, so straitened. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z The extent and quality of his performance were the more remarkable considering his severe physical sufferings, his straitened means, and the antagonism to which he was exposed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z While attending Hollywood High School he delivered newspapers several hours each day and, he told friends, he felt discriminated against because of his family’s straitened financial circumstances. Warren Christopher, Former Secretary of State, Dies at 85 2011-03-19T09:11:08Z Believe me, in our straitened circumstances, it was impossible to keep up the payments. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z He said there was "no single soundbite" that described how consumers were reacting to straitened times. Rising fuel price is like 5% rise in income tax for poorer families, says Tesco's UK boss 2011-03-16T14:36:01Z Filicaja’s rural seclusion was owing even more to his straitened means than to his rural tastes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z He is sceptical about the government's ability to find such funding in straitened economic circumstances. I was a games addict 2011-03-11T09:00:00Z Now and then there came a gleam of sunshine into the straitened life. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z I should be very much straitened for Room, if I should attempt to discover even half the Excellencies of this Elegy which are obvious to me. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z Nothing, save a more distinct appreciation of our straitened circumstances and an increase of my old gnawing discontent. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Our unexpected arrival appeared to disconcert him a little, for the straitened nature of his wardrobe precluded him, to his great disappointment, from appearing at dinner in full costume. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z Few people have spent any considerable time abroad without being for a season in straitened circumstances. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z About this time his father died, and the straitened circumstances of the family now seemed to awaken all the energy and nobility of his nature. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z And when your veins were void and dead, What ghosts unclean Swarmed round the straitened barren bed That hid Faustine? Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z The straitened figure of the bivouac rendered it impossible to make arrangements with much regularity in view to defence. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Should a pension be vouchsafed to the family of a distinguished professional man, left in straitened circumstances, it is, for the most part, comparatively inconsiderable in amount. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z Friends at home naturally exerted themselves in their behalf; and many families were straitened by generous contributions to this sacred purpose. White Slavery in the Barbary States 2011-02-10T03:00:50.200Z Her residence was at Rhenen near Arnheim, where she received many English visitors and endeavoured to maintain her spirits and fortitude, with straitened means and in spite of frequent disappointments. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Unfortunately, in straitened times, the emphasis has changed. Twickenham must be wary of change for change's sake 2011-01-07T00:06:01Z The prince's private secretary, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, said they wanted it to be "a proper celebration for the nation and the realms", but were "very mindful" of striking the right balance given the straitened economic times. Palace reveals Royal wedding arrangements 2011-01-05T14:18:02Z His straitened circumstances had got worse in consequence: he laid the blame of this on the inequalities of society, and cursed the wealthy. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z Any chief executive worth his or her salt has been adopting the mantra of the chancellor, George Osborne, and insisting to staff that we all share the burden in these straitened times. Golden goodbyes, silver linings, bankers' cash and Icelandic ash 2010-12-31T07:00:03Z Her husband, Paresh, had recently by his own efforts improved his straitened circumstances. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z The elder D�rer was an esteemed craftsman and pious citizen, sometimes, as was natural, straitened in means by the pressure of his numerous progeny. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z This he himself testifies, saying, “I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!” True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z While there is a certain depressing predictability about the top three terms that reflects these straitened times, it is counterbalanced by the inclusion of bigot, doppelganger and shellacking. How 'austerity' became an internet hit 2010-12-23T16:30:00Z While corporate tax avoidance strategies are legal, UK Uncut argues that they are immoral in such financially straitened times. Tax protesters to target Vodafone and Top Shop 2010-12-17T12:14:40Z In these straitened times, with big cuts in public services about to hit the most vulnerable, it is time to look more carefully at how work is rewarded in our society. Let's make CEOs justify their wages 2010-10-19T08:00:00Z In Spain and Belgium and France, demonstrators have taken to the streets to protest straitened times. Letter From Europe: A New Generation Takes Leadership From the Baby Boomers 2010-10-08T11:41:00Z As the love of God dilates and enlarges the soul, so the love of ourselves contracts and straitens it, making it unjust, corrupt, proud, and covetous. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z India was effectively a Soviet ally during the Cold War, and in its economic and public policy it espoused a straitened austerity that was sharply at odds with U.S. materialism. Letter from India: A Grass-Roots Rapprochement Between India and U.S. 2010-09-23T12:30:00Z One reason, say economists, is that older people in states such as Florida are delaying their retirement to cope with straitened finances. US homeowners flock to Florida event in desperate bid to save properties 2010-08-30T18:24:00Z But in straitened times, government is the default target for Americans' discontent. Barack Obama is down, but it's far too early to count him out 2010-08-28T23:11:00Z Rumours abound that, despite their straitened circumstances, the Blacks will try to sue journalist Tom Bower who wrote an unflattering dual biography of the couple in 2006. Conrad Black and Barbara Amiel 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z The really interesting story is what News Int will do with Wapping, the site that, even in these straitened times, will surely get more and more valuable as the years pass. Does News International's move spell the end of the Wapping era? 2010-07-14T11:37:00Z In these straitened times, it is tempting to look elsewhere for funding to support public health, and the food industry is not short of money. Letters: Business interests and the fight against obesity 2010-07-11T23:05:00Z How should they respond to the straitened circumstances of most Western countries? Schumpeter: In two minds 2010-06-03T11:10:00Z In these straitened times, would London be better off without such a monolith to a steel empire with CO2 emissions equivalent to that of the Czech Republic? ArcelorMittal's emissions make a monumental joke of Olympic park tower 2010-04-09T14:28:00Z Moreoever, in these straitened times for newspapers, she has forged a company that - despite the negative headlines that appear in rival papers - is set to prosper. Roy Greenslade: Why The Guardian's McCall is joing the Easyjet set 2010-03-24T11:26:00Z But Mr. Martin does not complain about his straitened circumstances. 2010-01-20T06:52:00Z See my heart is straitened between affliction and peril! The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments Before the month of June had expired, his troops had begun to be straitened for provisions. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies His father was in straitened circumstances; and their united labours—for they tilled and sowed the same fields together—were unable to improve them. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 Still Mr Wotherspoon persevered; and, though greatly straitened occasionally for means, continued not only to keep his feet, but began gradually to improve his circumstances. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 The death of his father called him back to England, and being left in straitened circumstances he zealously pursued the study of law, and was admitted a barrister in 1582. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis A reduction of the rates of postage was in contemplation, but while the discussions on the proposals were in progress, the State finances became somewhat straitened. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study He fell on small detachments of Spaniards, who were patrolling the country, cut off the convoys, and thus greatly straitened the garrisons in their supplies. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies He was beginning to realize that there might really exist straitened circumstances, even actual poverty, which yet created no sort of social difference. The Valiants of Virginia The apprehension of each human principle was straitened, by darkness about him, by pain in strong possession, by recognition of death closing in. The Unknown Sea It is well known that even sects, exclusive in their opinions and straitened by forms, differ in different countries almost as much as if there were no common bond. How to Observe Morals and Manners Their food is Army rations, which are excellent, as I can testify after straitened England—supplemented by milk and fresh vegetables, while the Red Cross gives the extras of life such as custard, cornflower, etc. The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France It seems probable that the Bishop desired larger revenues than the straitened condition of Cuban affairs made possible. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 And yet he was evidently very human; sympathies and affections were not straitened; his interests in Gerona and its people were keenly alive. Glories of Spain In months succeeding, his goings came to be straitened, first to the garden, then to the house, then to one seat, one bed. The Unknown Sea Insignificant enough for a well established community, the load was large for these straitened pioneers in an almost unbroken wilderness, who recently throughout several years had struggled for their very lives. William Bradford of Plymouth Boone, the bluntly direct of speech, was coming on in the less straitened domain of the figurative. The Tempering The prayers and the wailful chanting passed over his head like waves, his heart was straitened, red sparks whirled before his eyes. Yiddish Tales The sun filtering in through the Venetian blinds, fell in patches on the polished floors—Peggy’s work, for Miss Prescott’s circumstances had been for some time too straitened to afford the servants she formerly had. The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship "But, Uncle Matthew," he said, "I don't like to live in luxury, while Aunt Jane is straitened." Wait and Hope A Plucky Boy's Luck To think it never succeeded in, never even dreamed of, freeing itself from this slavery which weighed so heavily and unconsciously on its destinies, on the course of its progress thus straitened and confined! Underground Man The king, in short, was more straitened than ever. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 My idea also is, that she will be the last to complain of any discomfort which may arise from my straitened circumstances at present. Ayala's Angel "Is it that I am straitened for money?" said he, passionately. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) In spite of hunger and straitened means, Hearn was absorbing impressions on every hand. Lafcadio Hearn He was straitened till this was accomplished; He felt as a man imprisoned and whose powers are held in check. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II The Spaniards were much straitened, and obliged to sustain themselves by catching fish along the shores. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. He had been accustomed to live almost more than comfortably; but, having so lived, was aware of himself that he had not adapted himself for straitened circumstances. Ayala's Angel I knew, besides, that in my long illness I must have proved a grievous burden to those whose own circumstances were straitened to the utmost limit of narrow fortune. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience He means that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 We will now take a view of occurrences on the right and left of Burgoyne, and show the effect of Schuyler's measures, poorly seconded as they were in crippling and straitening the invading army. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Henceforth let no man war against fate whose lot has been cast in that happy medium, equidistant from the lethargic indolence of superabundant wealth, and the abject paralysis of straitened poverty. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. In this way an assurance office eat up a large fraction of his income, and left him with means which in truth were very straitened. Ayala's Angel His circumstances, however, were now very much straitened. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down. The Bible Story Mr. and Mrs. Heathcote would not be rich; on the contrary, they would begin their married life with a straitened income, that is, in worldly wealth. Anne The contest was at an end, and the united strength of two ambitious and powerful nations had been humbled by a straitened garrison of six thousand effective men. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 "Here is another passage about baptism," said Dorothy, "in Luke 12:50: 'I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened till it be accomplished?'" Dorothy Page The colony of Virginia they deemed preferable for them in their straitened pecuniary circumstances; and they brought over some goods with them for the purpose of mercantile adventure. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia By the breath of God ice is given: And the breadth of the waters is straitened. The Bible Story But the only unexpected thing that did “turn up” was the doctor’s sudden death in the prime of his years, and the consequent straitened circumstances of his widow and family. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley But lay-figure heroics are not heroism; and the made-up situation proves more straitening than that situation which God has made for all, namely, the real world. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 Here is the next one," said Dorothy: "'I have a sprinkling to be sprinkled with and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!' Dorothy Page In the absolute darkness of his straitened underworld the shrew felt no consciousness of restriction. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life A gigantic guardsman came clattering up the steps, stooped to enter the room, and then, straitening himself up like a tall pine, thundered, 'Here!' Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist We live in times, unfortunately, when people of birth and station are reduced to straitened circumstances on every hand. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day English society, however, had not become so imbued with the cosmopolitan spirit as to feel at ease in it as in a loose garment; the people were straitened and formal. Women of England She read: "'I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!'" Dorothy Page In such an emergency, surrounded by nearly ten times their numbers, less undaunted spirits might reasonably have succumbed to the perils of a siege that was hourly becoming more straitened. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia When Comte found himself straitened, he confided the entire circumstances to Mill. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" I found her lonely and dejected; her husband had no post, and they were living in straitened circumstances. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun There was a flattery, too, in the thought that I owed my straitened circumstances less to any demerits of my own, than to political disabilities. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I It was a most unpleasant legacy to his charge, and he was straitened until he had done his duty concerning it. Prisoners of Conscience Here Caroline grew up–from ten to eighteen–her days full of interest, her courage, as the family struggled along under straitened circumstances, always unflagging. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl Why, you know they must be in very straitened circumstances to come to me. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 Even as He saith of this same baptism of His Passion, in Luke xii, "I have a baptism to be baptised with; and how am I straitened until it be accomplished!" Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) But his heart was oppressed with the fear that a second attack on the road might kill him, and so plunge his wife in a condition of the most straitened poverty. Weird Tales, Vol. II. Two months from this dialogue found our little family still more straitened and perplexed. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings By having such a stock with you we are much straitened for cash, and we are sometimes obliged to do our business to a disadvantage.” Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 To one who knows something of the straitened lives, the struggles with poverty, that go on in them, they seem doubly pitiful and desolate. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. They came to a halt before a house the exterior of which showed it to be inhabited by persons in straitened circumstances, and then they ascended the well-worn front steps leading to its main entrance. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day As Ripa was known to be poor, and very much straitened by his endeavors to make good the sum he had lost, that he should add robbery to assassination was not to be wondered at. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Henry himself, however, was probably straitened for ready money, and no instalment of the new pension was paid during the few months of his reign that the poet lived. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" Fort Boishebert, at the Nerepis, was a frail defence, and they were beginning to be straitened for supplies on account of the vigilance of the English cruisers. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 In Gen. Lee’s tent meat is eaten but twice a week, the general not allowing it oftener, because he believes indulgence in meat to be criminal in the present straitened condition of the country. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital And probably, in common with most who are miserable from straitened circumstances, he often conceived, and secretly relied upon, the possibility of some unexpected and accidental change for the better. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. He was born of an ancient family who were in somewhat straitened circumstances, and in childhood was an object of aversion to his parents because of his ugliness. Legends & Romances of Brittany Jess's mother was a widow and in straitened circumstances, and sometimes Jess was cramped for clothing as well as spending money. The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won The circumstances of the pioneer settlers were still rather straitened, but the exiled Loyalists were in a much more unfortunate condition. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 Of them more had always been expected, socially, than their straitened means permitted. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography She was bringing up a family in great privacy, and with straitened means, and with as much religious strictness as was possible under the circumstances of the place. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century We are not straitened in God: He has abundance of grace to qualify us to work for Him. Sovereign Grace Its Source, Its Nature and Its Effects The mere vastness and newness of the country make it full of allurement to adventure, the rewards of which are larger and more immediate than can be hoped for in older and more straitened communities. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations You know I cannot do that: straitened on all sides as I am, I have nothing for it but to push on. Shirley In my mother, I believe he had married a lady of somewhat higher social standing than his own, who never was reconciled to the comparatively narrow and straitened circumstances of her brief wifehood. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography The commutation ticket is the proper card for a gentleman in straitened circumstances. Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike The father had hoped to give his promising boy a liberal education; but his large family and straitened circumstances rendered it necessary for him to abandon the plan. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series Telegraph tolls are heavy and space is straitened while atmosphere and extenuating circumstances are not news at all. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations The old maid was too poor to give much, though she straitened herself to privation that she might contribute her mite when needful. Shirley His son, William Henry, long survived him; but the forgeries blighted his literary reputation for ever, and he died in straitened circumstances, about the year 1840. Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches The victim is straitened for money; without it he must abandon his rank; for fashionable society remorselessly rejects all butterflies which have lost their brilliant colors. Twelve Causes of Dishonesty The income of the office was also small, and his circumstances consequently straitened. Paul Gerhardt's Spiritual Songs Translated by John Kelly It is because you have harped upon this idea that you are still in straitened circumstances. The Heart of the New Thought The result of Harmar's campaign had been very disheartening, and the government was in straitened circumstances, both as to men and means. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 Until her sixteenth year Pepita lived with her mother in very straitened circumstances—bordering, indeed, upon absolute want. Pepita Ximenez Divorced women are often in straitened circumstances and become concubines or the kept mistresses of Europeans or even of the Chinese. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It People have adjusted themselves somewhat to their straitened circumstances, and a few are becoming actually reconciled to their condition! The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 It is quite true that except on the very latest "submerged cruisers" built by the Germans, the space for the men operating a submarine is painfully straitened. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons His circumstances were often straitened, and at times so much so that he had to pass the day without dinner. Law and Laughter Pygmalion's prayer breathed life into the stone, But see yon graceful girl, with straitened zone And statuesque still bearing. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890 For the rest, I had sufficient science to hold in my breath while the clown tied me with cords, else had I been too straitened to breathe. Dreamers of the Ghetto That we can avoid a straitened and serious time a few years hence I believe impossible. Another Sheaf The natives have gradually been straitened in room, and their numbers have steadily declined. Six Letters From the Colonies The armaments they have equipped and are equipping, and the expensive preparations for the siege of Gibraltar, straiten them exceedingly for funds. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX We will not weary you by writing how straitened we have been. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I An hour ere noon, That river passed, in thunder met the hosts; But Penda, straitened by that hilly tract, Could wield not half his force. Legends of the Saxon Saints Perhaps they reveal the raveled sleeve, the anxieties of a straitened life and of narrow means. Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems When Comte found himself straitened, he confided the entire circumstances to his English friend. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 10: Auguste Comte Yet she felt that she must not yield, she must go on leading her straitened, humdrum life. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel Living on rich land, on their own land, near to a growing town, they had forgotten what it was to be in straitened circumstances. The Rainbow We were very straitened—the poor children did not always have what they needed—but I don't think we were, any of us, unhappy.' Lover or Friend One who undertakes to do business without —— is likely to be speedily straitened for ——. —— in reversion may be of far less value than —— in hand. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Madam Wetherill was very generous with her outfit, though she began to feel the pinch of straitened means. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia Her poverty, her narrow and straitened environment touched his heart. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel Hamilton wrote: "The extraordinary spectacle was presented of a powerful army, straitened within narrow limits by the phantom of a military force, and never permitted to transgress those limits with impunity." From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services The King answered by saying no less abruptly that it was more honourable for the King to be straitened by the enemies of his country, than to be set at nought by his own subjects. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) She sat down on the couch with the letter fast in her hand, and hid her head; yet no weeping, only convulsive breaths and a straitened breast. Say and Seal, Volume II Left to himself, the furious prisoner by and by disentangled himself from the meshes of the net, and composed himself as well as he could in his straitened quarters. Kings in Exile The Commandant receives us with politeness, regrets that he is so straitened in his quarters that he cannot offer us beds, and sends an orderly who procures us a lodging, meanwhile giving us coffee. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Fred had lately obtained a clerkship in an old-established house in Leeds, and was also doing well, and his salary was a great boon to the straitened household. Not Like Other Girls However much this reaction against her religious belief straitened her on the one side, yet on another side it opened out to her a wider prospect. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) Owing to his straitened circumstances, with all his mother's forethought and good will, with all the combined resources of their ingenuity, they could do no better to meet his lamentable case than this. The Combined Maze He knew that bills had been left unpaid through his mother's illness, and that the family were in straitened circumstances. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Nelson himself was almost as much straitened for provisions, but the admiral contrived to send him a supply. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson When his university life commenced, and the household at Leeds became straitened in their circumstances, he determined not to encumber them with his presence. Not Like Other Girls But though this was agreed to by England and Holland, so straitened were the Dutch finances, that they were wholly unable to form the necessary magazines to enable the Allies to commence operations. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 They said, "O Sir, it is long betwixt meals, and we are in a starving condition; all is good, sweet and wholesome that you deliver; but why do you so straiten us?" Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies In the former year, too, another appeal was made to the citizens of Montreal for funds to relieve its now straitened circumstances, and again the response was generous and encouraging. McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 In brief there was every appearance of gentility on straitened means. The Brothers Karamazov No doubt they are rather straitened and public. Birds in the Bush And an exile in straitened circumstances, one of the hardest conditions of life. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley A 4th. part, and even an 8th. part of the Chambranle or Door-Case, according to the height of the Gate, which was to be less straitened above, the higher it was. An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author At that early stage, at all events, the Prussian Republic had no colonial ambitions, and needed all its straitened financial resources for the rehabilitation of its home life. The Message The other aunt was a Moscow lady of style and consequence, though in straitened circumstances. The Brothers Karamazov All through these years Engels remained his faithful friend, and helped him over many hard places when family troubles and straitened circumstances pressed upon the old revolutionist. Feuerbach: The roots of the socialist philosophy The straitened circumstances of the exile forbade a more expensive establishment. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley I knew that you would enjoy privileges here which I could not give you in my straitened circumstances. Macaria They arise from dissatisfaction with surroundings and afford the most agreeable contrasts to straitened circumstances or poverty. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts Four world-famous Doctors from Oxford and Cambridge represented the pious straitened class, now beginning to be generally conspicuous under the nickname Puritans. Hampton Court It was difficult for me to reconcile all this with the idea of people living in straitened circumstances. Major Frank Now at last he had Corfu, and the English, straitened for troops, were withdrawing the forces which occupied Sicily to send them into Portugal. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) So long as these lasted she was perfectly happy, but unluckily their straitened circumstances admitted of no such expenditure, and before many weeks she was again without materials. Macaria We are straitened in ourselves, and suppose that we are straitened in God. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller Mrs. Tennison, on account of the slump in securities owing to the war, was, I knew, in rather straitened circumstances. The Stretton Street Affair He 251 at least, was already feeling the pinch of straitened finances, and his only consolations were the increasing confidence that Torrance reposed in him, and Hetty’s graciousness since his capture by the homesteaders. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter The colonists, straitened for room at home, carried the benedictions of their fathers, and were emancipated from their control. Ancient States and Empires Still, in the midst of all this splendor, the impoverished court was greatly embarrassed by straitened circumstances. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series In the case of the Rossettis, in the early period they were in a position of straitened means. Old Familiar Faces He is greatly mistaken whilst he thinks that a man can be so straitened betwixt two scandals, that he cannot choose but give the one of them. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) The straitened dell spread out gradually from this point into a comparatively broad valley, bordered with higher hills as it widened in the distance. The Old Helmet, Volume I At any rate, it would be better that this great sorrow should not be allowed so to cloud everything as to turn industry into idleness, and straitened circumstances into absolute beggary. The Vicar of Bullhampton As to the means, I would make the following remarks: The reason for proposing to enlarge the field is not because we have of late particularly abounded in means; for we have been rather straitened. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God To increase the straitened funds of the family, Daniel Webster for some time kept a school at Freyburg, in Maine. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He was but a boy of eleven when his father died, leaving his family in straitened circumstances. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History In straitened circumstances previously, you began to spend freely—comparatively speaking—a few days after the murderer's disappearance. No Clue A Mystery Story When Hilda had discovered her brother-in-law's straitened circumstances she had offered to him a part of her income, deploring his evident poverty with real distress of voice and manner. A Tar-Heel Baron They are much straitened for provisions at all, but particularly at Missolonghi and Lepanto, and the Castles could be taken by force. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II The fact is, I am at present in straitened circumstances. The Young Outlaw or, Adrift in the Streets We bent a bayonet to catch sharks, one bit at it, and straitened it, and we abandoned our project. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Moore's straitened means often obliged him to leave London. My Recollections of Lord Byron Bainbridge, a captain of standing and merit, applied at this time for a furlough to make a commercial voyage to China, owing to straitened means. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 We are not straitened in Him, but in ourselves. John the Baptist He was straitened on every side,835 while no way of safety presented itself from both dangers—of forfeiting his wish and of breaking his promise. St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh Her salary had been a very necessary part of the family income, and if they had been straitened with it, certainly there would be a struggle without it. Vagabondia 1884 Her marriage to an officer in the Prince de Cond�’s army was an unhappy one; and she was left, deserted by her husband, in straitened circumstances. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I So straitened became the Veientians that they sent envoys to Rome to beg for peace. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality I need not explain to you that our circumstances are much straitened. Barbarians The Holy Spirit is not straitened in himself, but only in us. The Ministry of the Spirit How would the believer be straitened were he uncertain of the circumstances in which a command to look unto God with confidence should be obeyed! The Ordinance of Covenanting These expenses were necessarily great, and it happened at this time that the king was in very straitened circumstances in respect to funds. Margaret of Anjou Makers of History Burke retired from parliament at the close of the trial of Hastings, and, as he was in straitened circumstances, accepted two pensions of £1,200 and £2,500. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration O love immense and independent, which nothing can limit or straiten! Spiritual Torrents Farmers and business men were straitened for money. Historical Essays It appears to me a very remarkable coincidence, that most of the good feeling regarding my straitened circumstances proceeds from the colored people, in whose cause my noble husband was so largely interested. Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House It was a long time since Mrs. Bragley had seen so much money, and in her straitened circumstances two hundred dollars seemed like a fortune. Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves We are not straitened in God, but in ourselves. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John The defeat of Colonel Baum at Bennington, by Colonel Stark, added to the embarrassments of Burgoyne, who now was straitened for provisions; nevertheless, he continued his march, hoping to reach Albany unmolested. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges In process of time, under the kings of the first dynasty, finding herself straitened in her island and unable to turn herself about, she crossed the water. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I I could conceive of no place on "God's green earth" in such straitened circumstances for railroad facilities as to be likely to desire or willing to accept such a connection. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) Everything about it suggested straitened means, and yet the girls noticed that the small windows were clean and hung with fresh dimity curtains, and that there were little flower boxes on the sills inside. Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves His word to us all is, 'Ye are not straitened in Me, ye are straitened in yourselves.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John This wild girl was elegantly brought up, as far as their somewhat straitened circumstances would permit, for she learned songs and ballads, French, English, and the Norman patois of the Channel Islands. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893 The boy's first attempts were water-colour landscapes, his very straitened finances not allowing him to use oils. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 Volume 18, New Series, November 6, 1852 When he fell into straitened circumstances in his old age, she went to his rescue and provided him with a comfortable living during his last years. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson Besides, I didnt expect to be straitened indefinitely and I believed in being ready to take proper advantage of opportunity when it came. Greener Than You Think Their steps are not straitened, as when a man walks in steep and hazardous places, who cannot choose but it will be. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning |
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