A constricted blood vessel.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

When modern man feels socially constricted his first impulse is to move.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Suddenly everything looked different, including our own personal dramas that often keep us stuck in constricted places and keep us from seeing the bigger picture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rabbi Laura Geller: Technology in Temple: Spirituality in 140 Characters or Fewer] Reference

Is India "constricted" because we have adopted "old standards" like HTML and Unicode?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-08] Reference

With this kind of constricted social base, it will be difficult for Muslim women to make use of any legislation based on affirmative action.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily News & Analysis] Reference

The prosecution lawyers objected, saying they should not be 'constricted' and that the defense would have every chance to cross-examine the witnesses anyway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism] Reference

The middle portion is constricted and forms a neck.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

Posteriorly, it forms a constricted portion or neck.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

 His fingers, their range of motion constricted, confined.    From Wordnik.com.  [What the Father Said] Reference

But as Jim started to go farther down its constricted length.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Raid on the Termites] Reference

"Federal lawsuits constricted the flow of fresh recruits," he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Clear Path To A Barricade] Reference

He picked up the notebook, his breath cold in his constricted throat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citadel] Reference

The prostatic canal is constricted and bent upwards by the third lobe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

Panduriform: violin shaped: oblong, with rounded ends, medially constricted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

But they're all constricted as they came through Ellis Island, a lot of them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Chieftains, Ambassadors of Celtic Folk] Reference

Anger at all this useless trouble constricted his throat and made his voice husky.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference

Like most self-made businessmen, he has a conveniently constricted view of government.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man Who Would Be Speaker] Reference

In this the canal is constricted at the point a, midway between the bulb and glans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

Fielding surgically constricted a teen's stomach with a procedure called gastric banding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teens' Gastric Bands Usage Raises Questions] Reference

But it is a constricted and ultimately misleading understanding of the Spirit and His work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Living In The Holy Spirit] Reference

She opened her lips only to find her throat so constricted by fear that she could not utter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference

"No," she said, finding it almost impossible to force the words through her constricted throat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference

"Moreover," writes Grunwald, "the magazine looked too staid, too constricted, for a TV generation.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Well, It's About Time] Reference

'I had to write it,' Paul answered in a constricted voice, in which a certain note of anger sounded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Despair's Last Journey] Reference

  Then his throat constricted, forcing teeth back to the tongue they slid down, but he kept pouring.    From Wordnik.com.  [...And Nail] Reference

 Freddy realized he had little to no chance of freeing his constricted airways, so he tried another tactic.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bludgeoning of a Burgeoning Young Artist] Reference

He refused to consider it except in the quietest, most constricted voice in the tiniest, blackest corner of his mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Walking To Gibraltar, Chapter 3: In Which Everyone Was Wrong] Reference

The man began speaking at once, incoherently, in a harsh, strident whisper that signified constricted throat muscles.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference

A choking sensation constricted the Earthman's throat for a moment, then he got the words out -- the words he had to say.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Highest Treason] Reference

The injected water dilates the constricted portion of the gut and arouses a revulsive impulse to expel the invading water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference

Universal's operating margins have been constricted by high overhead costs and a head count that may be ripe for reduction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Universal Music Hears the Call of L.A.] Reference

The anterior end of the oesophagus is suddenly constricted so that the actual opening closed by this partition is not large.    From Wordnik.com.  [Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator] Reference

The straight part of the side tube is then constricted ready for fusing off and the whole affair is placed on the vacuum pump.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Laboratory Arts] Reference

The Arabs must find their own way, to be sure, but in a hypercompetitive global economy, their range of choice is quite constricted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chinese Lessons] Reference

Prof. NEAL: You know, this is often a great opportunity for women who may have been constricted, you know, at a vehicle like Essence.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Essence' Names White Fashion Director] Reference

At the point of junction between the membranous and spongy portions behind the bulb, the canal is described as being naturally constricted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference