constrained
/kənˈstɹeɪnd/ adjective C2- Kept within close bounds; confined.
- Forced; compelled.
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It gave me a chance of listening to your racy conversation which would have been painfully constrained had you been aware of my presence."
At length Darcy spoke, and in a constrained manner said,--
Noirtier, even she would have been constrained to pity him.
Bannister had effectively shattered an illusion that had constrained middle-distance runners for the better part of a century.
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