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confining::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | close |
Examples of confining
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DiTonno, 57, said he previously worked at non-confining jobs with regular hours.
From the timesunion.com
If you are having a party, consider confining your dog in one area of the house.
From the charlotteobserver.com
In Europe and Japan the conventional wisdoms can be confining, even stultifying.
From the time.com
After trashing Green Deal, confining new housing energy standards to the dustbin.
From the guardian.co.uk
Although the room can be confining, Hopkins is sometimes anxious outside of it.
From the sltrib.com
Less than six months later, a third tumor was found, confining Broome to a bed.
From the thestate.com
The front seats are heated, supportive and comfortable without being confining.
From the timesunion.com
Donor countries are confining their aid to ever more strictly audited projects.
From the economist.com
The separation of pigs from human faeces by confining them in enclosed piggeries.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Restricting the scope or freedom of action
- Close: crowded; "close quarters"
- (confine) restrict: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
- (confine) limit: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
- (confine) prevent from leaving or from being removed
- (confine) enclose: close in; darkness enclosed him"
- (confine) restrain: to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists ...
- (confined) not invading healthy tissue
- Confine is a village located in San Marino. It belongs to the municipality (castello) of Chiesanuova. Its name, in Italian language, means "border".
