straitened circumstances

collocation in English

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straitened
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈstreɪ.tənd/us
/ˈstreɪ.tənd/
A straitened situation is difficult because there is much less money available to you than there was in ...
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circumstance
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/us
/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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(Definition ofstraitenedandcircumstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At the start of their marriage, however, the couple faced straitened circumstances.
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Tailleferre died in straitened circumstances personally, financially and artistically.
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The modernization programme launched in the 1850s was intended to enable the state to adapt to its straitened circumstances in the wake of the second war.
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Many of these men are now in extremely straitened circumstances.
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I was also asked about people in straitened circumstances to whom the release of credits would be a substantial relief.
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I am also aware of the straitened circumstances in which some of these officers are now living.
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I cannot pretend that in present straitened circumstances it will feel that it is a very high priority.
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In the meantime, we were bound to do everything that our straitened circumstances permitted to mitigate the hardships of unemployment.
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The daughter is in very straitened circumstances and is very much in need of the credits.
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The average plaintiff does not know how to readjust his economic life to his straitened circumstances.
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So we are talking about the exercise of discretion by institutions in straitened circumstances which may cause difficulty for the people concerned.
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I have no doubt that those living in straitened circumstances in villages are likely to be healthier than their counterparts in the city.
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As we all know perfectly well, we are in straitened circumstances.
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A new sense of realism is required, and that new sense of realism should reflect our present straitened circumstances.
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What do we know about what an authority in straitened circumstances will consider is "requisite "?
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They are now in their twilight years and many are in straitened circumstances.
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I am particularly concerned with the position of widows left in straitened circumstances and who cannot draw their post-war credits.
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The amount may not be great, but it is felt to be an anomaly which, in our present straitened circumstances, should be removed.
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There can be all too little flexibility in such straitened circumstances.
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Obviously, in such straitened circumstances, every penny must be made to count.
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