How to Use constraint in a Sentence

constraint

noun

• They refuse to work under constraint any longer.
• Lack of funding has been a major constraint on the building's design.
• They demand freedom from constraint.
• The big constraint will be the speed of the permitting process.
  — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 12 Oct. 2020
• And the biggest constraint is the device's field of view.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2016
• Growth constraintsPart of the state's struggle has been staffing, the records show.
  — James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2017
• So far, the crown prince has faced no such constraints.
  — Karen Elliott House, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2018
• Due to time constraints, though, the Tri-Wing didn't make the film’s final cut.
  — Jon Alain Guzik, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2019
• Covid-19 is the constraint that is now pushing the whole world to transform.
  — Tim Peck, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2020
• To work around this constraint, the researchers abused the window.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2020
• Mike LaFleur called a constraint to that same look to open the fourth quarter.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2022
• Her siblings, too, chafed at the constraints of life in St. Marys.
  — Emma Green, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2019
• Time to step into the future and free your true love from the constraints of wires.
  — oregonlive, 4 Feb. 2020
• The constraints of the difficult site drove much of the design, says Berry.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• The time constraint forced me to a an almost clockwork pace.
  — Graeme McMillan, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2018
• The roots of being, if healthy, are never a constraint but a tool for growth.
  — Francesca Marani, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2022
• That's not the fault of ULA, but a constraint imposed by its payload.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2023
• So would their struggle to break free of these constraints.
  — Joost Hiltermann, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2017
• The sheer weight of the electric battery is the main constraint of these planes, Mukhopadhaya said.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024
• Whether the same constraints exist in health care is a question.
  — Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2018
• Lentils, to me, are a perfect winter-spring food when freed from the constraints of soup.
  — Amanda Shapiro, Bon Appetit, 24 Mar. 2017
• The problem arises when the budget comes first and acts as a constraint.
  — Chris Martin, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
• With no constraints in place, the way would be open to a new nuclear arms race.
  — The Economist, 27 Dec. 2019
• There are also time and budget constraints placed on the challenges that the teams have to meet, as well.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2019
• Daimler is the latest to suffer from the chips constraint.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2021
• This holds true even if the bonus were scaled back 75 percent to meet a budget constraint.
  — Puja Ohlhaver, Wired, 1 Sep. 2020
• Yet the Wengerds have managed to thrive within these constraints.
  — Adam Davidson, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2020
• The game’s puzzles and combat lose much of their challenge due to this constraint.
  — Gene Park, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2022
• The contentious plebiscite on whether to boost pension payouts failed to pass in October, with Uruguayans rejecting generous pensions in favor of fiscal constraint.
  — Nayara Batschke, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
• Going forward, the research group plans to further develop the system to address the short operation time, as well as the limited number of flavor channels and constraints on how it is used.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 25 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024