Sentence examples for circumscribe the from inspiring English sources

The amendment sought to circumscribe the conservative body's ability to exclude candidates.

Indeed, the day is long past when any dictionary could circumscribe the "official" language.

Authority and fear can circumscribe the argument, or congeal it, but can't end it.

But the suspicious will wonder whether weak national backstops may circumscribe the ECB's willingness to get tough.

"There's nothing expressed in legislation that [shows] parliament has attempted to circumscribe the powers to make treaties.

It would be a mistake to circumscribe the ability of scientists to study embryonic stem cells and learn to manipulate their evolution into repair cells.

I did that because I didn't want to have it so fresh in my mind that it might circumscribe the imaginative work at hand.

Attempts to circumscribe the opposition, however, took a back seat to the bitter leadership squabble that dominated the PF after August.

Annuli (primary grooves) in the skin encircle the body and form segments; in some taxonomic groups, secondary and tertiary grooves partially circumscribe the body.

Gender roles circumscribe the range of human potential into categories and every person, male and female, is limited by gender stereotypes.

The key event here is the revolt against Roman occupation, led by Boudicca circa AD60, but Roberts and Oliver are careful not to circumscribe the Celts as ornery marauders, extending due recognition to a legacy of art and design.