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narrows

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1. narrows - Noun

2. narrows - Verb

4. Narrows - Proper noun

Meaning

of Narrow

Source: Webster's dictionary

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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. John F. Kennedy

Only cinema narrows its concern down to its content, that is to its story. It should, instead, concern itself with its form, its structure. Peter Greenaway

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind. François Fénelon

There comes a time to everyone when the world narrows for him to a strait alley, with Death at the end of it, and all his thoughts are fixed on that waiting enemy of mankind. John Buchan

The study of science, dissociated from that of philosophy and literature, narrows the mind and weakens the power to love and follow the noblest ideals: for the truths which science ignores and must ignore are precisely those which have the deepest bearing on life and conduct. John Lancaster Spalding

Travel, of course, narrows the mind. Malcolm Muggeridge

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