How to Use restricted in a Sentence

restricted

adjective
  • You have entered a restricted area.
  • He is on a severely restricted diet.
  • Shaquille O’Neal stand at the edge of the restricted area.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2024
  • At the same event two decades ago, AR-15s were shown only in restricted areas in the back.
    Todd C. Frankel, Shawn Boburg, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Alex Horton, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • With the Black laws, freed Black folks were very restricted to prevent them from moving to the state.
    Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The 22-year old Zegras was a restricted free agent and was working out in New York.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Toles didn’t report to spring training last year and has since been on the club’s restricted list.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The statement said Hodge was in the restricted area under the basket and the play was reviewable in the last two minutes of the game.
    Bob Holt, Arkansas Online, 20 Jan. 2023
  • With Franco unable to perform, the team would have to place him on the restricted list and he would no longer be paid.
    Kristie Ackert, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The Bears declined to extend a restricted free agent tender to Mustipher in March.
    Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2023
  • The 30-year-old Moore, who was a restricted free agent this offseason, re-signed in March for two years.
    Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2023
  • Lora spent the entire DSL season on the restricted list in 2022.
    Dallas News, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Griffith was set to be a restricted free agent but now returns to Denver for 2024.
    Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Most of the Negev was declared a restricted military zone.
    By anat Peled, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Other relatives have made it to the restricted area and have so far been allowed to stay, Castellon said on the phone.
    NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • All of this will result in restricted access to fertility and IVF care in the state.
    Maressa Brown, Parents, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Bailey was a restricted free agent and was not retained at the $2.985 million tender.
    Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Blackshear is likely to be back, whether on a new one-year deal or a restricted tender.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Books with authors or subjects of color made up 31% of restricted books.
    Hannah Natanson The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The bulk of her pay comes in restricted stock units that will ultimately be determined by the bank’s performance in the coming years.
    David Benoit, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2023
  • He is seen going past a police barricade into a restricted part of the Capitol grounds.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
  • Space in the Kia's front seats is more than adequate, but rear-seat passengers won't be nearly as happy due to restricted legroom.
    Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 23 Aug. 2023
  • There is no evidence, however, that Mr. Peña passed into a restricted area on the Capitol grounds or entered the building with the mob that day.
    Alan Feuer, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The only question is if the Pistons extend him this year, or if Stewart will bet on himself and let the market set his price in restricted free agency in 2024.
    Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2023
  • As for Darvish not getting the typical number of innings this spring training because of his restricted workload in the WBC?
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Dowdle, a restricted free agent who has seen his career derailed by injuries the last two seasons, is also back.
    David Moore, Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • He was also seen on Jan. 6 pointing others toward the building and then entering a restricted area of the Capitol grounds.
    Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Meier, who is making $10 million, will be a restricted free agent this offseason.
    Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Last year, there were 45 students with restricted access.
    Ruby Cramer, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2023
  • There are no lockers available at the stadium to secure restricted items.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2023

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