Sentence examples for becoming constricted from inspiring English sources

Becoming constricted by your acquired self-definition prevents other dimensions of your personality from emerging.

At the time, radio playlists were becoming more constricted, thanks to the Telecommunication Act of 1996, which deregulated station ownership.

"Their life becomes very constricted.

The owner, Sylvia Villafañe, said she chose the neighborhood because Old San Juan, which used to be the city's art mecca, was becoming too expensive and constricted.

They constrict economic growth and discourage legitimate enterprise.

Vessels may also have constricted or become stiff.

But, as she writes in Becoming, her self-expression was still largely constricted under the pressure of her former life as the first black First Lady.

But even this story line pales into cliché, becoming the familiar tale of a woman seeking liberation from the constricting roles imposed on her.

The optics of looking fresh to death are clearly not lost on Obama, whose memoir Becoming uses the lens of fashion to comment on the racial and gendered expectations that constricted her self-expression during her time in the White House.

If the injured arm swells as it heals, jewelry (particularly tight-fitting pieces) can constrict the flow of blood to the arm, causing pain and irritation and even becoming stuck.

For me, this harmony is slowly becoming a benchmark with which I can align my inner state, a state which I can call upon when I feel challenged, confronted or constricted.