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How to use constrict in a sentence

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I highly recommend feeding prekilled prey for hognose snakes as these snakes do not constrict their prey.
Should he win the election, the apparatus of the deep state will constrict him and not be cooperative.
Results indicate that while cocaine did constrict brain blood vessels in men, it failed to do so in women.
I retaliated by coiling my serpentine body around its neck and trying to constrict it to death.
The serpent finished wrapping itself around him and began to constrict him.
All forms of hypertension can constrict the blood vessels in the uterus that supply the fetus with oxygen and nutrients.
And how does your perception of reality enlarge or constrict the life that calls you forward?
So Alex loved someone, I felt my heart constrict tightly as I registered what he said.
But it takes about four minutes for a rat to die of asphyxiation, whereas a snake can constrict a rodent to death in just one.
These potent chemicals dilate blood vessels and constrict bronchial air passages.
Blood vessels near the surface of the skin constrict to preserve internal body heat, reducing blood flow to the skin.
Peptides produced in the milk during culturing seem to inhibit chemicals that constrict vessels and increase blood pressure.
Pilocarpine drops may be used to constrict the pupil and re-establish circulation of aqueous humor.
White's kingside pawns advance to constrict and hopefully attack Black's position.
It can also constrict blood vessels and cause chest pain or irregular heart beats.
If the sympathetic nervous system is damaged, however, the blood vessels do not constrict and blood pressure progressively decreases.
He could almost feel his heart constrict in his chest as he remembered that moment.
He had wanted to start some form of conversation, but before he could, his throat would constrict in nervousness.
This junk causes your throat and nose to constrict, immediately reducing lung capacity.
Free and unfettered, the press can shut people out, ignore their views, or unfairly constrict debate.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Sobs rumbled up through Mrs. Horowitz, which her hand to her mouth tried to constrict.
By virtue of this power they are enabled to constrict many dead animal matters.
Biconcave cartilaginous vertebrae are developed, and as is the case in most fishes, constrict the notochord vertebrally.
A thread or the like tied about a blood vessel or other structure to constrict it.
The error deforms his faith as much as it tends to stiffen and constrict his life.
High stand-up collars are certainly to be avoided, as they constrict the Adam's apple and muffle the tone of the voice.
Clothing should not constrict the body or hamper its movements.
Those in which he tries to constrict it, by reuniting its separated sides.
To suffocate their target, anacondas constrict their bodies around their target meal, which could be a fish, bird, deer, crocodile, tapirs and humans.
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