| So the goofy Greeks decorated their merrymaking in pretty bows and successfully sublimated their impulses with constrictive ceremonial routines. |
| Portugal has done the most, though its labour-market rules were so constrictive that it remains among the most rigid. |
| And yet a lot of jazz musicians and critics and fans, in print and on the web, have been complaining that it's too constrictive. |
| If the constrictive element be allowed to go further than giving necessary form to the Expansive element, it imprisons the latter. |
| She winced involuntarily as the spray tingled against her body and adhered with constrictive force. |
| However, there remains a constrictive pain below the ribs, passing across the stomach with much thirst. |
