narrow path

collocation in English

meaningsofnarrowandpath

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narrow
adjective
uk
/ˈnær.əʊ/
us
/ˈner.oʊ/
having a small distance from one side to the other, especially in comparison with ...
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path
noun[C]
uk
/pɑːθ/
us
/pæθ/
a route or track between one place and another, or the direction in which something ...
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(Definition ofnarrowandpathfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnarrow path

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I appreciate that it is difficult for us always to follow thenarrowpathwhen making relevant points.
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However, the responsibility for directing lobbyists to the straight andnarrowpathcannot be left solely to the lobbyists themselves.
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I have had forewarning of the direction in which the straight andnarrowpathleads.
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There was, however, one tiny slip in that straight andnarrowpath.
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I am keeping to thenarrowpathof order.
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This limits the application of this method and does not solve thenarrowpathproblem.
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The interest in style signalizes the need to restrict one's movements to thenarrowpathbetween objectivism and subjectivism.
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As the party followed a road down anarrowpathinto the ravines, several hundred armed villagers suddenly appeared blocking their advance.
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Organised civil society was forced to tread anarrowpathbetween subversive war and military discipline, something which caused the dissolution of thousands of associations.
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Between the gardens anarrowpath, bordered by 1.5m high walls, would lead from the parking to the houses.
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However, the robot may not find a possible way through anarrowpath.
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We walk on anarrowpath.
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Let us therefore hastily run along thenarrowpathto home, leaving the wide roads that lie close to death, and may blessed humility make us dwellers of heaven.
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I shall try to keep to thenarrowpathin my reply.
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We are on a verynarrowpathin this discussion.
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I want to keep on the straight andnarrowpath.
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I am trying to put him on the straight andnarrowpathbefore he begins his speech.
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It is tempting to be led from the straight andnarrowpath.
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I was led away from the strait andnarrowpath.
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