Used in a Sentence

narrower

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for narrower.

Editorial note

But now it is there, and the gap is only getting narrower.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

One who, or that which, narrows.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

One who, or that which, narrows.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for narrower.

noun

One who, or that which, narrows.

Example sentences

1

But now it is there, and the gap is only getting narrower.

2

The paper is of high quality, and I like the narrower aspect ratio of ISO notebooks because it fits easier into a backpack.

3

It's a badly coded layout that doesn't work properly when in a window narrower than 1500px or so.

4

The broad admissions system is far, far from perfect but the narrower alternatives certainly have plenty of their own problems.

5

My advice would be to pick a much narrower use case and really nailing it.

6

Another aspect is that tech tends to have a narrower operating bound than low tech: prerequisites and conditions which must be met.

7

Do you think it's not helping as much due to narrower and narrower specialization, that is it isn't helping as broad a community that it once did but helping many small communities scattered about?

8

It seems to me that programming has narrower applicability than, say, high school math.

9

In California, it feels like you spend every dollar just to survive, and you tend to associate with a narrower spectrum of peers.

10

That's great -- I didn't know because chrome doesn't display those things if the tab is narrower than the caption, and I usually have a lot of tabs open.

11

Lambda-the-Ultimate seems to be generally well behaved when I've encountered it, but it may be more technical and narrower than the enterprisey topics and level of depth you describe.

12

If I understand correctly, the UK and Australian implementations are much narrower, and much less problematic than the proposed US implementation.

Quote examples

1

I predict that if the rule was narrower, like "exponential", much more guesses would have yielded No's.

2

I was reading author's essay while holding a narrower concept of "politics" in my head.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use narrower in a sentence?

But now it is there, and the gap is only getting narrower.

What does narrower mean?

One who, or that which, narrows.

What part of speech is narrower?

narrower is commonly used as noun.