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    We squeezed through the narrow passage to freedom
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    I awoke in a cell so narrow I could scarcely move
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    The suspected forgeries were submitted to the narrow scrutiny of several experts
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    I learnt the meaning of charity in its narrowest sense
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    I'd had a very narrow escape, for the bullet just grazed my scalp
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    He was so narrow he barely allowed himself the essentials
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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    She narrowed her chances of winning by buying only one lottery ticket
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    They have narrowed the search for the boy to the area near Chester
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    noun
    
    The vessel approached the narrows at dead slow speed