Glowing coals in a fireplace or a blacksmith's fire are starved for oxygen, Dr. Friedman said, "because the mechanical arrangement around them is restricting circulation."

The bindings should hold your feet firmly without pinching your toes and restricting circulation when soft-toed boots are worn, and should have little or no side play.

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The barriers would have to be removable or designed to be unobtrusive during hours of public access, at which time they could not restrict pedestrian circulation.

Those lawyers persuaded Judge Lance A. Ito to restrict circulation of the tapes, even among the defense team, so as not to diminish their commercial value.

Smoking raises the risk of toenail infection, by restricting circulation to the feet.

At a minimum, reformers urge a sweeping reduction of administrative measures restricting the play of market forces, a greater degree of enterprise independence, a larger role for the private sector and freer circulation of information.

Smoking restricts circulation, which is particularly bad for the fingers and toes of those desperate people who step outside to puff in wintry climates.

The Act restricted the printing and circulation of newspapers and made newspaper proprietors identify themselves to the government.

Thoracic outlet syndrome occurs when swelling of tendons and other soft tissues restricts circulation, causing pain, numbness, weakness in fingers and hands, and coldness.