How to Use within limits in a Sentence

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  • Stretching through such pain is OK, says Frost, within limits.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
  • Disaffected workers have always found ways to stick it to the Man, within limits.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022
  • President Joe Biden has backed Ukraine but within limits.
    — Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 2 June 2023
  • Qatari officials have vowed to be friendly hosts, within limits.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2022
  • That approach works pretty well (within limits) for hard workouts.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 28 May 2022
  • Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi last week said his country is trying to help – within limits.
    — Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 17 Oct. 2023
  • That’s going to lead to an appropriate budget within limits.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 21 July 2023
  • A day after the site was taken, Russia said radiation levels at the plant were within limits and that staff were monitoring radioactivity.
    — Fox News, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Love animals – within limits The relatively small number of surviving texts that Francis himself wrote reveal his thoughts about the myriad creatures around him.
    — Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Production employees agree to let Lincoln increase or decrease their standard 40-hour workweek within limits based on customer demand.
    — Joseph Abrams, Fortune, 24 July 2023
  • Many movies aren’t endowed with any such extra dimension of subjectivity and are perfectly enjoyable, within limits.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Individual ministries, for example, will still be able to set their own agendas within limits, potentially fragmenting some research efforts.
    — Bydennis Normile, science.org, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Handheld weather meters ensure wind speed, temperature, and humidity fall within limits under plans written beforehand.
    — James Pollard, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Democracy demands effort and sacrifice, as well as freedom within limits, especially in a multifarious society.
    — Joe Klein, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2023

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