straitened in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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straitened in the PONS Dictionary

straitened Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to live in straitened circumstances
vivre dans la gêne
American English

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Her parents are unofficially separated, and living in straitened circumstances.
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Prolonged illness brought on straitened circumstances.
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It was a region in straitened circumstances, being dependent on cattle husbandry and farming.
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It's all very lo-tech and, importantly in these straitened economic times, low-budget.
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When she married again and was in straitened circumstances, he was magnanimous enough to support her and her husband.
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Now you can, too, though for once in these straitened times, you don't have to be rich to join in.
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Public money alone isn't sufficient, and is increasingly scarce in these straitened times.
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Impeded by straitened means, the artist seems frequently to have drawn from imagination rather than from life, and much of his anatomy of muscle is in consequence conventional and false.
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When his former soldiers learned of his straitened financial circumstances, thousands of them contributed to a fund which provided their former commander with a comfortable pension.
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His father died a short time later, leaving a widow and five children in straitened circumstances.
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