The artist will circumscribe the painting with just one red line. From LearnThat.org.
Reveals that the CIA sought to "circumscribe" a policy of humane detainee treatment "so as to limit its application to the CIA.". From Wordnik.com. [American Torture] Reference
I think you have to circumscribe the locus of action. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 8, 2005] Reference
The Arctic islands circumscribe a variety of oceanic conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Tundra ecoregion (CEC)] Reference
We reject the DP's proposals to circumscribe the right to strike. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Constitution was established to circumscribe arbitrary government power. From Wordnik.com. [Chrysler and the Rule of Law] Reference
And that I heap not together more, they do, in a manner, circumscribe the. From Wordnik.com. [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference
Why circumscribe the movements of amiable, considerate, congenial friends?. From Wordnik.com. [Dirge]
Harnack, 'have a tendency to circumscribe the activities of the individual. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics] Reference
A gentle chill doth circumscribe the dreaming man because the spring is cold!. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
A gentle chill doth circumscribe the dreaming man, because the spring is cold. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Arvernia: that line would nearly circumscribe the possessions of the Gallic race. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348] Reference
We might all 'live better' if Wal-Mart stopped trying to circumscribe our free speech. From Wordnik.com. [Al Norman: Wal-Mart Picks Free Speech Fight with Union] Reference
It has also been deemed desirable to circumscribe the two round towers of the south west. From Wordnik.com. [Ely Cathedral] Reference
The decision to circumscribe the use of economic sanctions against off-base discrimination made sense. From Wordnik.com. [Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965] Reference
On the one hand, he thought that it served to "bound and circumscribe" the luxuriance of the poet's fancy. From Wordnik.com. [English literary criticism] Reference
The United States is determined that the visions of the past not circumscribe the boundaries of the future. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President On Nato Protocol] Reference
"I must bide my time," he said to himself; "but I'll circumscribe 'em yet, as sure as my name's Juniper Graves.". From Wordnik.com. [Frank Oldfield Lost and Found] Reference
Alas, human nature is a fickle thing and that is why there are laws to circumscribe its weaknesses and excesses. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: When the Law makes you an Outlaw.] Reference
All state practices intended to limit or circumscribe the exercise of this right must be ended without any delay. From Wordnik.com. [JANUARY 8 STATEMENT - 1991] Reference
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke might be willing to circumscribe some of that power if he gets something else in return. From Wordnik.com. [A Reshaped Fed Is Likely to Gain Some Powers, Lose Others] Reference
It is surely presumption in any man to circumscribe all human excellence within the narrow sphere of his own capacity. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 543, Saturday, April 21, 1832.] Reference
The DP's other attempts to circumscribe the right to strike in the Constitution is in contravention of the spirit of ILO. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
If you know how to frame the question you can circumscribe the answer, or even obviate the need for an answer altogether. From Wordnik.com. [Bush and the Axis-of-Cliches] Reference
Congressional hearings and questioning by the presidential candidates might stall, circumscribe or prevent the escalation. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Hayden: US Military Escalation in Pakistan Gets Underway] Reference
In the old way, federal executives were expected to circumscribe discretion with rules because employees could not be trusted. From Wordnik.com. [Prepared Text Of Vice Presidents Remarks On Governmental Ref] Reference
Majesty's Government are not relaxing their efforts to do everything in their power to circumscribe the area of possible conflict. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why?] Reference
No necessity compels us to circumscribe Sion precisely within the portion of Judah; when David conquered it, not as he was sprung of. From Wordnik.com. [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference
The liberals saying we prefer to stress equality and are willing to circumscribe freedom somewhat; classic liberal conservative election. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2008] Reference
Stretch outward through his system, from planet to planet, and circumscribe the whole within the immense circumference of Neptune's orbit. From Wordnik.com. [Sanders' Union Fourth Reader] Reference
They saw the arguments in favor of intellectual property but warned again and again of the need to circumscribe both its term and its scope. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
A creeping credentialism threatens to circumscribe ever more narrowly the pool of potentially successful applicants for senior appointments. From Wordnik.com. [Dave can’t govern unless he destroys the quangos] Reference
As Government we would never seek to circumscribe the freedom of movement of our citizens and limit their right to market their skills freely. From Wordnik.com. [Address to the First Cecilia Makiwane Nursing Awards] Reference
To whit, the fundamental assumption by environmentalists that there is a moral imperative upon me to circumscribe my life to benefit the lives of others. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Nature hath so mixed and tempered it with the body, as that she hath not power to circumscribe herself, and by herself to intend her own ends and occasions. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
The rent increases were ordered by the so-called Black Community Councils set up by the regime in accordance with its master plan to circumscribe African rights. From Wordnik.com. [NO ACCOMMODATION WITH APARTHEID] Reference
The attempts to attribute a warlike temperament to Germany and to circumscribe its position in the world have often put to severe tests the patience of our people. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why?] Reference
(And that also is much lessened, if thou dost lightly circumscribe it:) and then check thy mind if for so little a while, (a mere instant), it cannot hold out with patience. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
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