The bishop died in 1699, leaving nothing to his son, and accordingly, on the death of the latter in 1708, his widow was in straitened circumstances.
en.wikipedia.org But the room, though by no means small, feels a little too straitened to take in the immensity of it all.
www.independent.co.uk Impeded by straitened means, the artist seems frequently to have drawn from imagination rather than from life, and much of his anatomy of muscle is in consequence conventional and false.
en.wikipedia.org With record sales collapsing, and labels suffering straitened finances, the old ways of doing things are coming to an end.
www.irishexaminer.com Born into a family with a strong commitment to alleviating poverty, she herself grew up in straitened circumstances owing to the financial failure of her father.
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