How to Use narrow in a Sentence

narrow

1 of 3 adjective
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  • The study was narrow in scope.
  • We crossed at the narrowest part of the river.
  • The city's ancient streets are too narrow for buses.
  • His shoulders are very narrow.
  • They offer a narrow range of flavors: chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla.
  • The green is as narrow as eight paces across but does widen in the back.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
  • In the narrow alleys of the Karachi slums, the police move through homes, day and night.
    — Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • This is a narrower version of the case that was filed in 2020.
    — Adi Robertson, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The smaller and closer to the dot that the circle becomes, the more narrow your field of view.
    — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The fourth includes a more narrow set of stairs to the water, with walkways and seat walls.
    — The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The Heat even entered halftime with a narrow 55-53 lead.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Cons The narrow handles are a bit difficult to grab with oven mitts.
    — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
  • This one from Williams Sonoma has a sleek design with a wide base and a narrow neck that lets the wine breathe as it is poured in.
    — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2023
  • But those drones cost more than this one, and with narrower fields of view: they weren’t made to let you first-person-swoop through the air.
    — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The narrower the grooves and the shorter the distances between them, the better the performance.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 June 2023
  • The shoe is available in four widths: narrow, standard, wide, and extra-wide.
    — Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2024
  • But there is one area of the house that still feels a bit too bare: The upstairs hallway—a long, narrow strip that extends from the top of the stairs to all of the bedrooms.
    — Rachel Simon, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Tall narrow slats of limewood (or linden) were butt-joined with glue.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Avoid inlets, outlets or narrow that may have current that can thin the ice.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
  • If that happens, paint in narrower bands — maybe 2 feet wide.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • By summer’s end, the fishable water of many spring creeks is reduced to narrow runs between the greens.
    — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
  • Then there are brands like Pepper, which focus on bras for small boobs and small boobs only with a narrow size run.
    — Halie Lesavage, harpersbazaar.com, 31 May 2023
  • It is split in two, connected by a narrow straight, with one side a brilliant turquoise and the other a deep bottle green.
    — Mary Lussiana, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Also, note that both seats have very narrow recline ranges.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 25 July 2023
  • Redan greens are typically narrow and angled away from the tee, with the putting surface sloped from front to back.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2023
  • Keep in Mind The massage chair itself is very narrow, so this may not be the best option for larger bodies.
    — Sarah Bradley, Verywell Health, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Photos don't do the national park justice since Black Canyon is so deep and narrow.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
  • However, the path to competing with Trump long-term is a narrow one, if the polls are accurate.
    — Adam Carlson, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Situated just a mile from the coastal village’s downtown district, the entrance to the home is along a narrow one-way lane.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Democrats’ majority in the Senate is narrow, though, creating the possibility that the plan to dismiss the case may fall short if just a couple of Democrats defect.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
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narrow

2 of 3 verb
  • The vase narrows at its top.
  • His eyes narrowed as he focused on the words in front of him.
  • The path was narrowed by overgrowth.
  • You'll need to narrow the focus of your paper to one central idea.
  • The gap between their salaries was beginning to narrow.
  • But less so, and the ranks of the hosts have narrowed in recent years.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The gap narrowed in the second quarter when the Knights made it 26-21.
    — Indy Star Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Aug. 2023
  • But try to narrow the list to just rock and you’re left with … well … what?
    — Jim Harrington, SPIN, 8 Nov. 2023
  • At the modest end of the spectrum, the court could simply narrow Chevron’s reach.
    — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • After weeks of testing, the team narrowed down their top picks to the 11 best at-home waxes.
    — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
  • There are some easy ways to narrow down your choices from the thousands of Lego sets out there.
    — Sarah Bradley, Parents, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Since then, the deficit narrowed in the first two years of Biden’s presidency.
    — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
  • One of Ohio's top 2024 recruits has narrowed his college choice to six schools.
    — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 25 May 2023
  • Once the 3-point discrepancy narrowed, the Jayhawks were able to take control of the game.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Over the decades, his ties narrowed, his collars shortened.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The nations in this group, however, have made pledges that would narrow the gap by 2030.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Those stats, along with all the surprise results, are signs the gap between the world’s best teams and those in the second and third tier is narrowing.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The agency then narrowed the suggestions to 25 new sites.
    — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
  • That makes narrowing down the guest list that much easier.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
  • That's why the travel experts at Good Housekeeping have helped narrow down the choices for you.
    — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 15 May 2023
  • Though Lai was the longtime front-runner, his lead in the polls narrowed considerably in the weeks before the election.
    — Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
  • From July the discount is currently set at $25/bbl, though this may now be narrowed.
    — Julian Lee, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2023
  • The Chicago Bears are working to narrow their roster to 53 players by the 3 p.m. Tuesday deadline.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The March 5 primary will narrow the field to two candidates.
    — Mercury News Editorial, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But Biden could narrow the gap if the positive outlook persists, not just for a few months but over the rest of this year, analysts say.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
  • And while that helped narrow the ratio of Black wealth to White wealth, Black household wealth still lags far behind that of their White counterparts.
    — Jarrell Dillard Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Figuring out your purpose of use and space will narrow your options.
    — Rachel Dube, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2023
  • However, Freeze hopes to narrow the battle down to two quarterbacks within the first 10 days of fall camp.
    — Ainslie Lee | [email protected], al, 18 July 2023
  • Our Testing Process To narrow down our list of the best air mattresses, our testing team reviewed 26 air mattresses, both solo and with a buddy, when the bed was big enough for two.
    — Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Gender parity goal imperiled None of this is to say that there hasn’t been real progress in narrowing the gender gap since 2005.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
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narrow

3 of 3 noun
  • A group of three spots dark clouds and races through the narrows.
    — David Whiting, Orange County Register, 4 May 2017
  • Bass bite has slowed but there is still a few coming from the narrows.
    — sacbee, 31 July 2017
  • Planted rainbow can be caught from shore near the first dam and the narrows.
    — sacbee, 11 Dec. 2017
  • If the strategy is to go wide, Chile will force you to play narrow.
    — Luis Miguel Echegaray, SI.com, 1 July 2019
  • One evening, a mother bear and two cubs slowly picked their way along the shore across the narrows.
    — Chris Santella, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Fishing is still good in the narrows for kokanee salmon.
    — Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 11 June 2017
  • That's a tactic used even today in the narrows of the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's oil passes.
    — Jon Gambrell, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2020
  • That’s a tactic used even today in the narrows of the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world’s oil passes.
    — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The narrows had open water last week, then froze over a little a few days ago.
    — John Myers, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2017
  • The chromoly steel frame and aluminum subframe keep the bike narrow.
    — Joe Michaud, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2019
  • The mouth of the narrows, the flats on the east side from the mouth up past the ranch house north and from the ranch house to the island in the afternoon when the fish are over deep water.
    — sacbee, 30 Apr. 2018
  • While those tools remove clues, once it is known that a system was hacked the knowledge that such a tool was used narrows down the field of suspects.
    — Patrick Marshall, The Seattle Times, 7 July 2017
  • Shore anglers continue to pick trout from the narrows with Power Bait or nightcrawlers.
    — sacbee, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Time is told by the rising up and rolling down of the sunlight on the cliffs, by the glimpse of Cassiopeia in the narrows turning around the polestar through the stardust of perfect clear September nights.
    — Christopher Ketcham, Harper's magazine, 24 June 2019
  • And as the hour gets later, our chances of getting a contract before there is a strike narrow and become more remote.
    — Javonte Anderson, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • But the question remains where their supporters will fall as the field narrows without any candidate doing much to break away from the rest of the pack.
    — Shannon Pettypiece, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2019
  • And that’s when the distance between peaceful protest and violent protest narrows.
    — Time, 12 Dec. 2019
  • After passing through the villages of Princeville and Hanalei, the road narrows and motorists must navigate seven one-lane bridges to reach Hanalei Colony.
    — Jay Jones, latimes.com, 15 June 2017
  • After two and half days of lugging 50-pound packs, the family reached the narrows, a spot in the river surrounded by solid rock up to 40 feet high on each side.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2019
  • By the same logic, a country’s growth will naturally slow down as the gap with the leading economies narrows and the scope for catch-up growth diminishes.
    — The Economist, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Should the poison radius narrow in an unwelcome way, those high-up snipers will build a floating bridge toward safety.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2017
  • In Washington, Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins has to be seeing his free agent market narrow.
    — Conor Orr, SI.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Still, with every new bomb discovered, the evidence grows and, investigators hope, the space between the hunter and the hunted narrows ever so slightly.
    — Manny Fernandez, Serge F. Kovaleski and John Ismay, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Thus, as the definition of essential health benefits narrows, the scope of these requirements narrows as well.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Further on, as the road narrows and deteriorates, there are fewer women.
    — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2020
  • The second imperative is to make sure that edtech narrows, rather than widens, inequalities in education.
    — The Economist, 22 July 2017
  • The odds of an inversion only increase as the hypothetical margin narrows.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2019
  • But the earthquake seemed to have concentrated its furies in Juchitan and surrounding towns in the isthmus region in Oaxaca, where Mexico’s waist narrows.
    — Joshua Partlow, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2017
  • As the Democratic field narrows, voters should be skeptical of debates that place individual climate angst ahead of the industrial policies that could take the biggest bite out of emissions.
    — Katie Palmer, Quartz, 7 Sep. 2019
  • About half of private employers saw their pay gap narrow, while half said the difference was worse or there was no change, according to preliminary data from the Government Equalities Office.
    — Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2019

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