But within the narrow compass now left us we must not indulge in anything like critical comment.

No one can deliver on such a promise in this narrow a compass.

That concern "finds little support in either history or the relatively narrow compass of the issues raised in this particular case," Justice Stevens said.

Here is an example of a problem in criminal law where the examiner clearly wanted to confine the facts to a narrow compass.

For 21 years beginning in 1933, his was a rather narrow compass.

It was a tight fit, and Joe wondered what The Shadow expected to do in so narrow a compass.

"I have chosen this alphabet for its finitude and narrow compass."

It had also enabled him to land safely in the narrow compass of a neighboring valley to Gunshot Pass.

He climbed the cliff and hurried into the narrow compass of a valley near Gunshot Pass.

The tank's vast size was emphasized by the narrow compass of the bald.