They branded and succeeded in confining the growth of the DK to Tamil Nadu.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why are South Indians so smart?] Reference

The lock on this door had never been designed with the idea of confining a thief.    From Wordnik.com.  [Take A Thief]

But, with the onset of the Age of Enlightenment in the West, the idea of confining warfare to the battlefield was, if not adhered to, at least given lip service.    From Wordnik.com.  [Painting a Target on Ourselves] Reference

For me, the keynote of our conversation was how "confining".    From Wordnik.com.  [Serendip's Exchange] Reference

(It should be observed that as early as III.i. 194 we hear of the idea of 'confining'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth] Reference

I love the whispery light sleeves with no confining elastic.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clothesline bike clothing review – Campagnolo’s road wear] Reference

Was it hard confining yourself to living in just this one head?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting It On] Reference

That's a lot of success at such an early age, and it can be confining.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rebecca Serle: Interview with The Nanny Diaries Authors on Writing, Teens, and How They Really Feel About Justin Bieber] Reference

But Democrats weren't confining their search for "irregularities" to Palm Beach.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Whiff Of Victory . . . But Now It's War] Reference

Many of the leading growers were confining themselves to one red and one white wine.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference

And, as always, they're confined - and confining themselves - to soliciting funds from each other.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ethan Casey: Pakistan Floods: Why Should We Care?] Reference

Laying down the net, and confining the insect to one part, is the best way to get it out uninjured.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference

Ralph:   I wanted the two of us to move in together, but she said that was too confining for her.    From Wordnik.com.  [s Dead] Reference

Ropes and casting harness are frequently used for confining and casting the large and mature animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

But if the Keys 'sense of style seemed a bit confining, they compensated well just by keeping it moving.    From Wordnik.com.  [In concert: The Black Keys at Constitution Hall] Reference

The font is of earlier date, and near it are the parish stocks, once devoted to the confining of unruly legs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cornwall Coast] Reference

Some jazz players say, you know, it's just too confining to go into the studio and have to work … Mr. REDMAN: Sure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joshua Redman, 'Back East' at Blues Alley] Reference

America, and on his return devoted himself to story-writing, confining his pencil to the illustration of his own articles.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of "Punch"] Reference

Equally young and attractive, they were talking in undertones, confining their words within the narrow circle of the waltz.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

For there, beyond the rocks and lawns and red japonicas, lay the blue and shining water-lake in its confining banks of green.    From Wordnik.com.  [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference

'We knew Mr.. Ogilvie very well in Spain,' said Lady Falconer in her charming voice, still confining her remarks to Mr. Semple.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference

Reconciling means becoming liberated from the confining, obsessive desires to keep score, to seek revenge, to prolong hostility.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Long Road To Reconciliation] Reference

It was thought that this would give him just the opportunity he needed for study, but the work proved too confining for his health.    From Wordnik.com.  [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference

The security forces have cordoned off monasteries, confining some monks inside and arresting hundreds, if not thousands, of others.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘I Dare to Believe’] Reference

The practice of confining women, instituted by jealousy, and maintained by unlawful power, was not adopted by the ancient Egyptians.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World] Reference

The United States has plenty of ultra-secure prisons that are perfectly capable of confining terrorists in the territorial United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daphne Eviatar: Lindsey Graham's Backwards Look at Military Commissions] Reference

Sending children to bed very early, to "get rid of them," or confining them in a room by themselves, tends to encourage the development of vicious habits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sex Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English] Reference

Errors can only be avoided by confining the selection of generals to tradespeople, politicians, and newspaper men without military training or experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference

With true artistic spirit he omitted all mention of confining house or cage and bestowed the gift of speech upon all the characters, whether brute or human, in his epic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference