His path to victory is growing narrow and dark.
But, even as Giuliani was coasting to a second term, the circle around him was growing narrower, and the few dissenting voices fewer.
He smiled to think that it was even smaller than Nicky's bedroom in the trailer, that each room in his life was growing narrower.
"It's like entering a long tunnel: there is no light at the end and it's growing narrower and narrower -- at the end you're going to be stuck," the president said.
But as Tiger Woods walked away from his eighth consecutive Masters and 11th consecutive major without a victory, the path before him seemed to be growing narrower and shorter and still not quite the same since that path was blocked by a symbolically weighty fire hydrant.
In this context the wealth gap in developed and developing nations should be growing narrower, not wider.
And as crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter continue to raise the bar for personal gifts to those who pledge – a haircut with the Hold Steady here, a game of strip poker with Daniel Bedingfield there – the distance between budding fan and broke musician is growing ever narrower.
The charges against the trio have met with widespread condemnation, raising fears that the scope for criticism is growing increasingly narrow under Egypt's new military-backed government.
On Tuesday, Egyptian prosecutors ordered the three detained journalists to be held in custody for 15 more days, The charges against them have met with widespread condemnation, raising fears that the space for criticism is growing increasingly narrow under Egypt's new military-backed government.
Black workers are paid less than white workers, according to the EPI - and the gap is growing wider, not narrower.
(Michael Sandel) Some are less so: "I think it used to be an enquiry into what's true and how people should live; it's distantly related to that still, but I'd say the distance is growing rather than narrowing".
