Definition of "straitening" []

• Present participle of straiten. (verb)

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• "And there the word used (stenochoroumenoi.) signifieth such a kind of straitening as doth infer a difficulty of drawing breath; that a man is so compressed that he cannot tell how to breathe: that is the native import of the word."
• "But economic straitening has clearly helped provide these alternative riches."
• "Is the whole thing some elaborate, Kaufmanesque hoax: Phoenix and Affleck's attempt to escape the straitening vacuity of 21st century Hollywood cinema?"