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narrow

[ˈnæroʊ]

Definition:
1. Not wide.
2. Limited in size or scope.
3. Make or become more narrow or restricted.

Use 'narrow' in a sentence:

  1. This is where the river narrows.
  2. The gap between the two teams has narrowed to three points.
  3. We have narrowed down the list to four candidates.
  4. She slowed the car and began driving up a narrow road.
  5. They fought running battles in the narrow streets with police.
  6. The narrow path zigzags up the cliff.
  7. He pulled the thick curtains together, leaving just a narrow gap.
  8. The steep sidewalk was too narrow for them to walk abreast.
  9. We lost him in the narrow streets and had to give up the chase.
  10. The team scraped a narrow victory last year.
  11. His eyes narrowed to two small pinpricks of black.
  12. Below the bridge we could just discern a narrow, weedy ditch.
  13. The curriculum was too narrow and too rigid.
  14. I hear you had a very narrow escape on the bridge.
  15. He had a narrow escape when his car skidded on the ice.
  16. She raced her car through the narrow streets of the town.
  17. I had a narrow escape.
  18. He narrowed his eyes at her.
  19. He turned into the narrow street where he lived.
  20. We were crawling along the narrow steel lattice of the bridge.
  21. They were climbing up a narrow mountain road.
  22. She was elected by a narrow majority.
  23. The narrow streets were clogged with traffic.
  24. He squeezed through a narrow opening in the fence.
  25. She has a very narrow view of the world.
  26. Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.
  27. The narrow windows admit little light into the room.
  28. The road was so narrow that cars were unable to pass.
  29. His eyes narrowed into slits.
  30. There was only a narrow gap between the bed and the wall.
  31. The islands are separated by a narrow strip of water.
  32. Here the river is confined in a narrow channel.
  33. I traversed the narrow pedestrian bridge.
  34. Access was via a narrow archway.
  35. He turned into a narrow street.
  36. The shop sells only a narrow range of goods.
  37. We need to try and narrow the health divide between rich and poor.
  38. Bars of sunlight slanted down from the tall narrow windows.
  39. The procession snaked its way through narrow streets.
  40. They rode along narrow country lanes.
  41. The narrow gateway left me little margin for error as I reversed the car.
  42. Sailboats lay at anchor in the narrow waterway.
  43. A dark narrow passage led to the main hall.
  44. He inched his way through the narrow passage.
  45. I am using the word 'education' in the narrower sense.
  46. They chased down the stairs into the narrow, dirty street.