Sentence examples for work was circumscribed from inspiring English sources

Despite her elevation, she continued to meet with hostility from a number of priests and bishops, and the sisters' work was circumscribed in certain cities.

I was fifteen, and a daughter, and my world was circumscribed.

She never married, perhaps because her social life was circumscribed by the mountains of work she habitually brought home.

But their activism was circumscribed.

At first Mark's role was circumscribed.

But his influence was circumscribed by his reluctance to publish.

Right away, it was circumscribed by the very jury that had set her free.

Nate's world is circumscribed, as all our worlds are.

Lewontin's thesis is that science works only because there are circumscribed areas in which we can make profitable simplifications.

Aaron's life is circumscribed by work, prayer and family, and he takes his duties in all three areas seriously.

Choosing the "right road" from the outset, instead of stumbling upon it haphazardly, is the Oulipian way: once the Apollonian structure has been circumscribed, Dionysus can work his magic.