Definitions
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- v. Simple past tense and past participle of narrow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. reduced in size as if by being squeezed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. reduced in size as by squeezing together
- adj. 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.
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Only very slowly was the term narrowed down to what we today call “imaginative literature,” and imaginative, fictive prose.
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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.
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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.
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Operating margin narrowed to 7.8% from 9.9% amid the charge.
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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.
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Operating margin narrowed to 15.4% from 17.4% amid the charges and gains.
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Operating margin narrowed to 27.1% from 27.5% amid a 18% jump in domestic supply-chain costs.
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Her large eyes at times grew larger and wilder, and again narrowed in enticement and wickedness.
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Georgia's win narrowed the all-time series between the two schools at 53-51-8 in the Deep South's oldest rivalry that began in 1892.
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