Sentence examples for were circumscribed from inspiring English sources
verb
To draw a line around; to encircle.
Their existences were circumscribed by poverty.
PRESIDENT Becoming president at 75, Mandela was aware that his powers were circumscribed.
These writers created characters who were circumscribed by the same poverty, segregation and racism that hobbled their own lives.
WHEN Robert Whitehead was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Tony ceremonies three weeks ago tonight, the pride and pleasure I felt for him were circumscribed.
Busy enough with my own life, I couldn't envisage a future self whose comings and goings were circumscribed, apparently happily, by the wants and needs of people half my size.
Indian migrants were encouraged to become permanent settlers at the conclusion of their contracts, even though little land was available for sale and the migrants' political rights were circumscribed.
The intimacy is circumscribed.
Pizza deliveries are circumscribed.
But their activism was circumscribed.
That responsibility cannot be circumscribed by statute".
Its power is circumscribed, too.
