Example Sentences

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In commodities, the team favors base industrial metals like aluminum, nickel, lead, and zinc, as artificial-intelligence and military buildouts increase demand while reinvestment rates by miners remain low, constricting supply.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Like the milieu in which they’re set, prison movies can be terribly constricting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Historically low mortgage rates followed by inflation fueled price appreciation and resulted in a lock-in effect for owners that is constricting the supply of homes for sale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The album capped a lengthy, constricting record label contract that Charli had been trying to optimize for years, to varying success.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

There is this constricting pain in my throat.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh