STRAIN/STRICT/STRING = bind, tie, or draw tight

The woman used an _____________ on her face to help make her skin tighter.

• string

• restrain

• astringent

• stringent

The mouse narrowed escaped the life-threatening squeeze of the _______________________.

• boa constrictor

• district

• stringent

• restricted

The girls tried to ____________ their waists with a belt so they appeared smaller.

• string

• district

• strainer

• constrict

The ______________ of Columbia, or Washington D.C., is the capitol of the United States.

• District

• Constrict

• Retrain

• Restricted

The flight attendant had to ________________ the child with his seat belt so he would not fall out of his seat.

• restricted

• restrain

• strainer

• astringent

Students are ______________ from walking in the hallway during class without a hall pass.

• restricted

• restrain

• stringent

• district

In order to get the book on the top shelf, he had to ___________ his arms beyond his normal reach.

• restrain

• boa constrictor

• strainer

• strain

Mom used the ________________ to let the hot water run out after the spaghetti was cooked.

• strainer

• strain

• stringent

• boa constrictor

We tied each balloon to a colored piece of _____________ before we let them fly up into the sky.

• stringent

• string

• district

• restricted

The teacher had very ____________________ rules for behavior in her classroom and did not allow any students to disrupt her class.

• astringent

• constrict

• strain

• stringent