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For this brilliant woman, who was writing poems at six and French dramas at 10, and whose first book was published at 14, “the straitness of my prison” was becoming intolerable.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2021

Many are precluded by the narrowness of their education, and many by the straitness of their fortune.

From Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies by More, Hannah

Hereupon many faint and calm meditations came into his mind; neither could he determine which way to turn himself in that straitness of affairs.

From The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century by Haring, Clarence Henry

It had all the characteristics, in breadth and straitness, of a Roman route; and as it was greatly undulating, I had frequently some gratifying glimpses of its bold direction.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

He chiefly complained of great straitness and pain in the hypochondriac region, very short breath, swelled legs, want of appetite.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William