I sometimes alleviate a painful, or more properly an oppressive, constriction of my chest, by opiates; and have lately taken opium frequently, but the last, or two last times, in smaller quantities.

She conquered a constriction in her throat, while they waited, for that last phrase had silenced them.

The girl felt a sharp little constriction of her throat as she marked that rheumatic limp.

The watcher noticed their earnest constrictions.

It should afford due warmth, be of such materials as do not irritate the skin, and so made as to occasion no unnatural constriction.