How to Use constrict in a Sentence

constrict

verb

• The drug is used to constrict blood vessels.
• He felt constricted by their notions of what was proper.
• The declining economy has constricted job opportunities.
• When zipped closed, the collar effectively sealed in warmth without feeling constricting.
  — Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2024
• Magnesium deficiency can cause these vessels to constrict, and when coupled with emotional stress, this can result in headaches and migraines.
  — Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
• Blood is going to rush to the area, constrict the stitches.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 25 May 2021
• The cold water can constrict the blood vessels, which can lead to a decrease in blood flow to the heart.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
• The cold water can constrict the blood vessels, which can lead to a decrease in blood flow to the heart.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
• When skin is exposed to the cold, your blood vessels constrict to keep you warm.
  — Gina Roberts-Grey, Woman's Day, 28 June 2017
• The weight of the mask is just light enough to feel comforting rather than constricting.
  — Megan Schaltegger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2024
• To buy that and then constrict how that content is distributed doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.
  — Michael J. De La Merced, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2016
• When threatened, your brain is designed to constrict and target the threat like the zoom lens of a camera.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• The large, constricting black pine snake prefers to lounge in open pinelands and scrounge around for a meal of mice, rats, squirrels, birds or eggs.
  — Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 12 June 2017
• Cold causes the blood vessels to constrict and blocks the path of pain sensations.
  — chicagotribune.com, 1 Oct. 2017
• Also, the ice will constrict the blood vessels in the area, which will decrease blood flow and slow healing.
  — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 2 May 2023
• First, blood vessels constrict to reduce blood flow to our skin and reduce heat loss in the body’s core.
  — New York Times, 21 Dec. 2020
• The snake is not venomous but constricts its prey and could be dangerous for wildlife and pets.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al.com, 21 June 2019
• When your hands are cold, the vessels that supply blood to your hands and fingers constrict.
  — Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024
• One 18-year-old named Hannah told the Post her body constricts at loud noises.
  — Claire Lampen, Teen Vogue, 26 Feb. 2018
• Bullsnakes are non-venomous and constrict their prey to feed.
  — Shaena Montanari, National Geographic, 3 Aug. 2017
• Shortening the snow season The team also looked at how the timing of snow and the length of the season might constrict in the future.
  — Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 14 Aug. 2019
• But there is some side boning that gives it a slight corset feel which some may find a bit too constricting.
  — Shannon Ullman, Health, 20 Apr. 2023
• The snake species will coil itself around their prey to constrict blood flow, and then swallow their victims whole.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
• As a result, roles for women—both on screen and behind the scenes—began to constrict.
  — Elizabeth Weitzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2023
• But in football, the pieces move all at once, and the movements aren’t constricted to certain squares and patterns.
  — Andy Benoit, The MMQB, 28 June 2017
• This stress can stretch and constrict the nerve while limiting its blood supply.
  — Hannah Seo, Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2021
• Your blood vessels need time to constrict enough to slow blood flow to your muscles and kickstart the repair process.
  — Anisa Arsenault, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2023
• Most of the blood in your arms and legs has flooded to your body’s core as the vessels in your extremities constrict.
  — James Nestor, Outside Online, 25 Jan. 2012
• To do this, blood vessels constrict, and heart rate and blood pressure leap higher.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 19 May 2022
• The boas will stalk or wait to strike their prey with their jaws, constricting their bodies around the prey and squeezing to ensure death.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024