Below you will find example sentences with "too narrow". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Too Narrow in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: narrow
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.2 words

Words in this phrase

too narrow

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • too can mean: Likewise. Common word
  • narrow can mean: Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

as either too narrow or too 1× broad or too narrow in terms 1× china were too narrow to fit 1× criteria were too narrow not because 1× day was too narrow a viewpoint 1× flank takes too narrow a view 1× is much too narrow 1× is simply too narrow to be 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a man presumed 1× allred suggested democrats 1× criticism the court 1× current assessment processes 1× doctors told her 1× especially where the 1×

Common sentence endings:

a wrestling match 1× americans judge issues 1× asking the students 1× by wheelie bins 1× do with language 1× elsewhere they said 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

day 4× people 2× others 2× put 2× pocket 2× reach 2× either 2× criticism 2× times 2× wide 2× candle 2× slightly 2×

Related phrases

far too too little too big too long narrow down narrow streets too early too expensive little too too far

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around narrow:

narrow down 11× narrow streets 11× narrow gauge 6× narrow win 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

too long too little too late too intense too far too expensive

Just after it in the phrase index:

too old too pic too seriously too slow too soon too tired

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

too little too big too long too early too expensive too far

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "too narrow" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as as either too narrow or too, broad or too narrow in terms, day, people and others stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with far too, too little, too big, narrow down, narrow streets and narrow gauge, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with too narrow

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

What’s going on here is much too narrow. (9 words)

It faltered because its criteria were too narrow, not because criteria were not necessary. (14 words)

I was concerned they would be too narrow, but they're not at all. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

This conception is considered and ultimately rejected for being too general; that is, as an essentialist account of the nature of language it is simply too narrow to be able to account for the variety of things we do with language. (41 words)

As for all those who continue to bend the rules to exclude others thereby leaving the judiciary with near impossible tasks, the day will surely come when Nigeria will be too narrow a place for them to exert their iniquitous influences. (41 words)

Others put the pocket too low on the back for my short arms and inflexible shoulders to reach, or made the pocket too narrow for a phone to easily slide in and out of without a wrestling match. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

A man, presumed to be a medical professional, says that because the hospital’s morgues are too small and too narrow, they are unable to accommodate all of the people killed in the area.

Others put the pocket too low on the back for my short arms and inflexible shoulders to reach, or made the pocket too narrow for a phone to easily slide in and out of without a wrestling match.

This is often due to the questions being either too broad or too narrow in terms of the scope of what they are asking the students.

Criticism The court's interpretation of the Convention's reach is at times subject to criticism as either too narrow or too wide.

In this case, a candle that is slightly too wide will not fit in the holder, and a candle that is slightly too narrow will wobble.

This conception is considered and ultimately rejected for being too general; that is, as an essentialist account of the nature of language it is simply too narrow to be able to account for the variety of things we do with language.

As for all those who continue to bend the rules to exclude others thereby leaving the judiciary with near impossible tasks, the day will surely come when Nigeria will be too narrow a place for them to exert their iniquitous influences.

Current assessment processes are too narrow to give us a good understanding of the ways climate change, industrial development and region-opening roads could interact to dramatically change the health and ecological integrity of this region.

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Footpaths further into the road might be too narrow for the bollards, and the council would need to make sure they're not pushing the problem elsewhere, they said.

Huda said footpaths were often too narrow and ended up cluttered with obstacles or blocked by wheelie bins.

It faltered because its criteria were too narrow, not because criteria were not necessary.

What’s going on here is much too narrow.

It added that the configuration put visually impaired people at particular risk, with the boarding 'islands' shown to be too narrow for users of mobility canes when stepping off buses.

I was concerned they would be too narrow, but they're not at all.

The $4 million project will replace the aging bridge that is too narrow to handle current traffic volumes, and floods during heavy rain events.

Allred suggested Democrats’ left flank takes too narrow a view of internal party policy fights, missing how most Americans judge issues.

Doctors told her the N95 masks the federal government had imported from China were too narrow to fit Mexican faces, so she converted a local factory into a mask-making operation.

Especially where the wheels are too narrow for the bucket, and you can see the front/back of the 'board hanging out several times.

He also criticized Mueller for failing to pursue important evidentiary leads, and for keeping a “too narrow” focus in the investigation.

Presenting nothing but a single pro wrestlers' perspective on politics as posted on Twitter day after day after day was too narrow a viewpoint.

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