Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective reduced in size as if by being squeezed.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
narrow .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective reduced in size as by squeezing together
- adjective made narrow; limited in breadth
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Examples
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He lifted his head and his expression narrowed as he looked at her.
Boys and Girls Like You and Me Aryn Kyle 2010
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He lifted his head and his expression narrowed as he looked at her.
Boys and Girls Like You and Me Aryn Kyle 2010
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He lifted his head and his expression narrowed as he looked at her.
Boys and Girls Like You and Me Aryn Kyle 2010
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He lifted his head and his expression narrowed as he looked at her.
Boys and Girls Like You and Me Aryn Kyle 2010
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Only very slowly was the term narrowed down to what we today call “imaginative literature,” and imaginative, fictive prose.
LITERATURE AND ITS COGNATES REN 1968
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Operating margin narrowed to 7.8% from 9.9% amid the charge.
Lockheed's Profit Drops 28% Matt Jarzemsky 2010
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For the fourth quarter, the company now expects adjusted per-share earnings between 90 cents and 95 cents, narrowed from a previous view of 90 cents to $1.
Genzyme Profit Soars as Operating Costs Decline Thomas Gryta 2010
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Operating margin narrowed to 15.4% from 17.4% amid the charges and gains.
Times Co. Loss Shrinks; McClatchy Earnings Fall Russell Adams 2010
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Blackstone reported a loss of $44.4 million, or 12 cents a unit, narrowed from a year-earlier loss of $176 million.
Blackstone Loss Shrink; Results Top Expectations Nathan Becker 2010
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Overall, Mattel 's gross margin narrowed slightly, but lower costs, less interest expense and a lower provision for income taxes caused its net margin to jump.
Mattel Jodi Xu 2010
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