Confining

Examples

• The deeper the water, the greater will be the weight sustained by the confining vessel and the greater the pressure exerted by the water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• This may be accomplished by confining the articles to be treated in a chamber in which the compound is being burned. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The room, though pretty, was small: I felt it confining: I longed for a change. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I find also that the business is too heavy for me, and too confining. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The prodigal perverts it in this manner: By not confining his expense within his income, he encroaches upon his capital. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Confining yourself rigidly to Fact, the question of Fact you state to yourself is: Does Mr. Bounderby ask me to marry him? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The depravity of the human heart is such--' 'You will oblige me, ma'am,' interrupted Mr. Spenlow, 'by confining yourself to facts. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Finally she tied a bit of black thread round the upper part of the head, in faint resemblance to a snood worn for confining the hair. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Your creditor has authority, at his pleasure, to deprive you of your liberty, by confining you in jail till you shall be able to pay him. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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