bounds

/ baʊndz /

plural noun

1. sometimes singular a limit; boundary (esp in the phrase know no bounds )
2. something that restrains or confines, esp the standards of a society

   within the bounds of modesty

3. beat the bounds
   See beat

Example Sentences

The national security journal Homeland Security Today warned that the Pine Tree Party “is quickly accelerating, recruiting, and pushing the ideological bounds to promote infrastructure damage and violence now directly.”

From Salon

The most impressive might have belonged to guard Skyy Clark, who dove into the broadcaster’s table near midcourt to save his steal from going out of bounds.

From Los Angeles Times

Koch punted six times to Brown in that match, forcing four fair catches, with the other two punts being left alone to roll out of bounds.

From BBC

And shortly before the election, the government’s new national security adviser Jonathan Powell wrote that a new administration would need to reinforce the UK’s defence and security “within the bounds allowed by a struggling economy”.

From BBC

"They say that sport doesn't build character, it shows character, and his default is to revert to preventative methods rather than trying to keep it within the bounds of fairness," Hill added.

From BBC