Harold Pinter

Political theatre presents an entirely different set of problems. Sermonising has to be avoided at all cost. Objectivity is essential. The characters must be allowed to breathe their own air. The author cannot confine and constrict them to satisfy his own taste or disposition or prejudice.

English Dramatist

Fred Saberhagen

The Swords were still interesting but by then a cast of characters had started to appear and go on from book to book, and other things about the world began to feel constricting. And there were other things I wanted to do, so I closed the series up and stopped it.

American Author

Liu Xiaobo

Our political system continues to produce human rights disasters and social crises, thereby not only constricting China's own development but also limiting the progress of all of human civilization.

Chinese Critic

Ron Funches

Doing five-minute sets on 'Conan' and things like that are fun and a great way to introduce yourself, but it's such a constricting time, and you usually have to cut bits down.

American Comedian

Lily James

With corsets, it's interesting when you put them on, realizing that's what women actually wore. They're just so constricting.

English Actress

Stephen Frears

Truth is quite constricting, in a way. You endlessly see at the start of a film 'This is a true story'.

English Director

Julian Barnes

Very few of my characters are based on people I've known. It is too constricting.

English Writer

Stevie Nicks

He and I were about as compatible as a rat and a boa constrictor.

American Musician

Noel Coward

Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.

English Playwright

Raquel Welch

American Actress

Used to describe involuntary reactions in living beings, often under stress or reaction to stimuli.

Physical Reaction

Connotes tension or pressure, physical or emotional, that results in narrowing or tightening.

Expressing Tension

Often used in medical contexts to describe the tightening of muscles or blood vessels.

Medical Terminology

Commonly used to talk about how external factors can limit economic activities or growth.

Economic Contexts

Implies a reduction in options available, often by external constraints.

Limiting Choices

Can be used metaphorically to suggest limits on abstract concepts like freedom, rights, etc.

Physical and Abstract

 because more tissue around the neck can constrict the airway. Many researchers see weight loss as a solution to obstructive sleep apnea. Certain behavioral shifts, like limiting your alcohol consumption before bed, elevating your head, and avoiding sleeping on your back may also help. For people who have a milder condition,

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 How else do you think your life would be different without them? I could do without things like cockroaches and snakes. Well, I'm okay with snakes as long as they're not venomous or constrict you or anything. Yeah, I'm not a big snake person -- But cockroach is just the insect we love to hate. Yeah, it really is.

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 in a rhythmic cycle. That pumps blood through the smooth internal walls of blood vessels, enables the intestine to constrict and push food through the digestive system, and allows the uterus to contract when a person is giving birth. As muscles work, they also use energy and produce an important byproduct, heat.

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 A high-salt diet will lead to a similar result. The salt promotes water retention, and the extra fluid increases the blood volume and blood pressure, and stress, like the fight or flight response, releases hormones, like epinephrine and norepinephrine that constrict key vessels,

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 license or does being scared actually make the temperature of our Tootsie's head south the body's fight or flight response is triggered when we are afraid and that has a biochemical component to it in essence it reduces the flow of blood to the extremities by constricting

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 relax the muscles constricting those passageways and improve oxygen diffusion. Increasing the blood’s oxygen content is especially helpful for those with weak heart muscles who have difficulty pumping enough oxygen throughout the body. And for those with healthy hearts,

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 between poisonous and venomous but so there you go everyone and however that being said was that sea snake venomous I think some pictures for you guys and it's only one of them is I think non-venomous snakes a boa constrictor

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 Doctors commonly prescribe options to help manage these side-effects, such as strong anti-nausea medications. For hair loss, devices called cold caps can help lower the temperature around the head and constrict blood vessels,

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 then I might need a little bit of help. Constricting basically means to strangle, to suffocate the life out of prey, and that's how this magnificent animal

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Expressing Tension

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