The couple also pour cold water on the idea of constricting the Scottish Government's options with regard to income tax bands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Calman begins to unravel] Reference

Fathers in this piece are "constricting" influences on their daughters.    From Wordnik.com.  [MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory] Reference

Small folds of skin around her knuckles constricting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pictures of an Inhibition] Reference

So why the can't-breathe feeling constricting her chest?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Strategic Engagement]

S. IRWIN: S.e how she is constricting that cup of coffee?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2001] Reference

Prostatic abscess distorting and constricting the urethra.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

Gotama found it constricting, “crowded” and “dusty.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Buddha]

Exclusiveness is a constricting cord that strangles progress.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference

And they are very constricting bonds, especially in Godalming.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharpe's Rifles]

Jacob muttered, still fast asleep, his arms constricting again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eclipse]

And your contract likely is more constricting than the Protocol.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Switch Firms] Reference

It can be very constricting and over serious and sort of habitual.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 8, 2006] Reference

OPEC has been constricting the supply in order to push the price up.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: The Gores Discuss Election 2000 - September 28, 2000] Reference

Is it at all constricting to have Captain America be so overtly symbolic?.    From Wordnik.com.  [O Captain! Our Captain!] Reference

I pulled off my constricting mittens and flicked the switch of the visor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sagittarius Whorl]

Jerks forward repeatedly, constricting the rope against the other's chest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Today the Smell of Worms and Wet Pennies] Reference

It should exert a support upward by lifting the abdomen, not by constricting it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference

They untied the knot, and pulled the constricting rope away from round my chest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whip Hand]

It was not constricting in any way to us, because we were able to exchange ideas.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2005] Reference

His exoimages were a blurred scintillation coursing round his constricting vision.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dreaming Void]

He swallowed, choked hideously, his throat constricting, his face turning crimson.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]

She picked at her food, unable to eat with the tight knot constricting her stomach.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clan of the Cave Bear]

And then the road ended, constricting to a thin foot trail with a small wooden marker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twilight]

Being overweight can cause thickness in the airway tube, constricting the flow of oxygen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Effects] Reference

He said that after he had fed the snake, it bit him and began constricting around his arm.    From Wordnik.com.  [D.C. animal watch] Reference

But if these constricting outlets did not exist, the neck of the sac would be also wanting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

Men who complain that condoms are constricting and reduce sensation got good news last week.    From Wordnik.com.  [Building A Better Condom] Reference

The idea drove her to her feet, twisting her hands to release them from the constricting cord.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Laughing Matter]

She trailed her fingers through his hair, and his body reacted by constricting, then throbbing.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breath Away]

He managed to get his hand up in time to prevent the strip from constricting around his throat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time Was]

She was lying on the bed with the covers at her throat, constricting her with their soft weight.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Movement of Strings] Reference

He pulled over in front of a fire station, his left arm suddenly numb and his chest constricting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sometimes You Just Have to Get Out of the Car] Reference

He is talking about the place that you're in right now, which seems very -- somehow constricting.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2002] Reference

Lightning-swift they shot forth, wrapped themselves about the body of the spacehound, constricting.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beast of Space] Reference

The problem with pseudophedrine is that this constricting of blood vessels can also cause blood pressure to rise.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Help Your Heart] Reference

The problem with pseudoephedrine is that this constricting of blood vessels can also cause blood pressure to rise.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Help Your Heart] Reference

Wi-Fi is a shining example of how wireless innovation can itself shed the constricting cables of conventional wisdom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Something in the Air] Reference

"It reverses the benefits of estrogen by constricting the blood vessels and increasing bad cholesterol," says Pashkow.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heart Of Women's Health] Reference