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/kənstrˈɪkʃən/ Listen

noun

Constriction n.

The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.

The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding. "A constriction of the parts inservient to speech."

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Etymology of 'Constriction'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Constriction" Quotes from Famous Books

... minute, gentlemen." He finished the brandy, and held out the glass to Tom Brangwyn, nodding toward the pitcher. Even the first drink had warmed him and he could feel the constriction easing in his throat and the lump at the pit of his stomach dissolving. "I hope none of you expect me to spread out a map and show you the cross on it, where the Brain is. I can't. I can't even give the approximate ...

— Graveyard of Dreams • Henry Beam Piper

... guarding trellis came right up to their shoulders. Neither of them could really lean over, though Fay tried, in her eagerness to attract the attention of the little group. Jan watched her sister's face and again felt that cruel constriction of the throat that holds back tears. Fay's tired eyes were so sad, so out of keeping with the cheerful movement of her hand, so shadowed by some knowledge she could ...

— Jan and Her Job • L. Allen Harker

... sob burst from Audrey. It was as if the few gallant words had loosened the awful constriction at ...

— The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories • Ethel M. Dell

... in the grip of the supporting hands. His heart was pounding and there was a constriction in his chest. Tears streamed down his cheeks as his tear ducts spouted fluid to protect his eyes from the now-vanishing cold. His cheeks felt numb, but sensation ...

— The Blue Ghost Mystery • Harold Leland Goodwin

... decked and somewhat loudly laughing group, Glenfernie with a painter of landscape, Deschamps, and an Oriental, member of some mission to the West. Meeting so, they stopped short. Their nostrils dilated, there seemed to come a stirring over their bodies. Inwardly they felt a painful constriction, a contraction to something hard, intent, and fanged. This was the more strongly felt by Alexander, but Ian felt it, too. Did Glenfernie mean to dog him through life—think that he would be let to do so? Alone in a forest, very far back, they might, at this point, have flown at each other's ...

— Foes • Mary Johnston

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