All 7 Uses of
constraint
in
The House of Mirth
- It was the one subject which enabled him to forget himself, or allowed him, rather, to remember himself without constraint, because he was at home in it, and could assert a superiority that there were few to dispute.†
Chpt 1.2
- The stir of the pulses which his nearness always caused was increased by a slight sense of constraint.†
Chpt 1.8 *
- She glanced shyly at Lily, asking in an embarrassed tone how she felt; Lily answered with the same constraint, and raised herself up to drink the tea.†
Chpt 1.15
- The memory of Mrs. Fisher's hints, and the corroboration of his own impressions, while they deepened his pity also increased his constraint, since, whichever way he sought a free outlet for sympathy, it was blocked by the fear of committing a blunder.†
Chpt 2.3
- Selden's entrance had caused Lily an inward start of embarrassment; but his air of constraint had the effect of restoring her self-possession, and she took at once the tone of surprise and pleasure, wondering frankly that he should have traced her to so unlikely a place, and asking what had inspired him to make the search.†
Chpt 2.9
- He was too much in earnest now to feel any false constraint in speaking his mind.†
Chpt 2.9
- The tinge of constraint was beginning to be more distinctly perceptible under the friendly ease of his manner.†
Chpt 2.12
Definition:
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(constraint) limitation (something that limits something else)