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Narrowed

adjective

Reduced in size as by squeezing together.

Made narrow; limited in breadth. "A narrowed view of the world"

Narrow

verb

(past & past part. narrowed; pres. part. narrowing)

Make or become more narrow or restricted. Synonym: contract. "The road narrowed"

Define clearly. Synonyms: nail down, narrow down, peg down, pin down, specify.

Become more focus on an area of activity or field of study. Synonyms: narrow down, specialise, specialize.

Become tight or as if tight. Synonyms: constrict, constringe.

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"Narrowed" Quotes from Famous Books

... that beset our path From storm or sudden death, or pain or wrath, We pray deliverance; But from the envious eye, the narrowed mind Of those that are the vultures of mankind Thy ...

— Leaves of Life - For Daily Inspiration • Margaret Bird Steinmetz

... so plainly that of a conquering hero, she showed so palpably her pride in her own achievement, that Miss O'Flynn's eyes narrowed, and her face hardened. Without a word to Patty, she handed the hat to a sad-eyed young woman at another ...

— Patty's Success • Carolyn Wells

... that life and the world held in store for me-for a later period, no doubt, when I should be grown up. Well, I have grown up, and have found nothing that answered to my indefinable expectations; on the contrary, all has narrowed and darkened around me, my vague recollections of the past have become blurred, the horizons before me have slowly closed in and become full of gray darkness. Soon will my time come to return to eternal rest, and I shall leave ...

— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet

... hand slowly into the breast pocket of his coat and drew out the precious papers. His manner was cold and indifferent, and his eyes had narrowed into sleepy slits again beneath the heaviness ...

— The Black Cross • Olive M. Briggs

... 'Kid Wolf,'" answered the youth, "from Texas." His eyes had narrowed at the mention of the ...

— Kid Wolf of Texas - A Western Story • Ward M. Stevens

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