Sentence examples for on a crimp from inspiring English sources

Next, put on a crimp bead.

But the proliferation of homebodies is also traceable to a mercurial economic climate in which risk-taking can backfire, a diminishing inventory of attractive apartments, and finicky co-op boards seemingly bent on putting a crimp in people's wanderlust and wallets.

British crop circle aficionados were worried that tight restrictions on access to farmlands would put a crimp on this year's crop circle production.

That will put a crimp on the housing market and on consumer spending.

All these gunslingers put a crimp on interviews.

Finally, there is the blunt reality of what a crimp on immigration means.

The shortage of homes – affordable and otherwise – puts a crimp on life beyond the M25.

These expanding interests have put a crimp on the academy both physically and fiscally.

That sort of thing can really put a crimp on your day.

It put a crimp on innovative construction that might otherwise house larger numbers of single adults, she said.

Of course, some analysts predict that a return to $140-a-barrel oil would put a crimp on the airline industry, if not ground it altogether.