How to Use constraint in a Sentence

constraint

noun
  • They refuse to work under constraint any longer.
  • Lack of funding has been a major constraint on the building's design.
  • They demand freedom from constraint.
  • What should be the constraints?
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The constraint on all of this is not design.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • This is a job that has a lot of bosses and a lot of constraints.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The constraint can often just be time.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Some of these clouds could be thick enough to trigger launch constraints.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • That shift reflects both strength and constraint.
    — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Players must adapt to the draw of the cards to meet unique quest constraints.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 20 May 2026
  • Yakatan does not dispute these constraints.
    — Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • That was totally out of bounds in terms of time constraints.
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The big constraint will be the speed of the permitting process.
    — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Whether the same constraints exist in health care is a question.
    — Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2018
  • But the project was cut by the city because of budget constraints.
    — Desiree Mathurin april 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
  • But the project was cut by the city because of budget constraints.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
  • If your goal is broad access, make that a design constraint from day one.
    — Tetiana Aleksandrova, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Her boss was kind but turned her down, citing funding constraints.
    — Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Time to step into the future and free your true love from the constraints of wires.
    — oregonlive, 4 Feb. 2020
  • With no constraints in place, the way would be open to a new nuclear arms race.
    — The Economist, 27 Dec. 2019
  • After the midterms, any constraints on Kennedy will loosen.
    — Will Walters, STAT, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Commuter bikes don’t come with the same constraints many other bikes do.
    — ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
  • The skill was always there; the constraint was the tooling.
    — Aqsa Taylor, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • The roots of being, if healthy, are never a constraint but a tool for growth.
    — Francesca Marani, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2022
  • So there are all kinds of restrictions and constraints.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 12 May 2026
  • Other than that constraint, the chefs had free rein over their burgers.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026
  • To work around this constraint, the researchers abused the window.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The Sixers still have some constraints.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • This is one of the simplest and strictest constraints — rockets cannot pass through rain.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Like what if that took me on the constraints of a single volume and what does that look like?
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026

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