straiten

8 letters · verb · scores 2,200 in SpellHuntr

verb

bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

Straiten in a sentence

The channel straitened the river through the town, made it flow faster, and caused more flooding upstream.

Rising costs put those on fixed incomes in straitened circumstances.

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