How To Use Restrain In A Sentence

He was still very young, especially by Drow standards, but his smile had given way to an expression of restraint, and his little arms and legs had grown long and thick.
If we fail to develop emotional intelligence, or cannot control or restrain our emotions, we will lose our intellectual ability to think, reason and live rationally and intelligently. Dr T.P.Chia
'The first principles of commercial activity have retreated to earth's maziest penetralia, where no tides are! is it not so, Skepsey?' said Mr. Fenellan, whose initiative and exuberance in loquency had been restrained by a slight oppression, known to guests; especially to the guest in the earlier process of his magnification and illumination by virtue of a grand old wine; and also when the news he has to communicate may be a stir to unpleasant heaps. Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
The regulation might almost be judged in restraint of trade. Times, Sunday Times
Its unsparing account of an atrocious crime is offset by admirable dramatic restraint. Times, Sunday Times

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Sure enough, this Heller language has served to protect a remarkable variety of federal gun restrictions challenged since Heller, including bans on gun possession by felons, domestic violence misdemeanants, and persons under restraining orders, bans on sawed-off shotguns and machine guns, laws restricting guns in school zones, post offices, and other public property, and others. Dennis A. Henigan: The Gun Issue Is Back in the Supreme Court: What Does It Mean?
Liberal proponents of American Values praise the freedom that opens the floodgates to gay marriage and pornography; conservatives, the liberty unleashing that locust plague called unrestrained capitalism; neo-conservatives the license for lying, murderous Machtpolitik. Founding Fathers vs. Church Fathers
Immediate pressure on peasant living standards was relieved by the abolition of redemption dues and restraint of the tax burden.
The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation.
If some extractive natural subsector gets scarce we will just substitute other sectors for it and growth of the whole economy will continue, not into any restraining biospheric envelope, but into sidereal space presumably full of resource-bearing asteriods and friendly highly-evolved aliens eager to teach us how to grow forever into their territory. From a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady-State Economy
An agreement to restrain wages on the part of the central labour federation might not extend to the population of non-union workers.
Even when talking in the most restrained of voices, Hugo's lilt would still rise up above all others.
Semi-structured interviews took place in a private room in the hospital ward, usually within 12 hours after each restraint event.
There is skepticism about the impact and the unrestraint spending they're seeing out of this democratic Congress. CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2009
There are many adjectives routinely used to describe jazz fusion, but ‘restrained’ isn't one of them.
But action filmmaking knows no restraint and so the plotline galumphs on to its inevitable conclusion.
The tone of his poetry is restrained and unemotional.
I barely restrained myself from hitting him.
He said neither of the stars wished to be seen by their public behaving in an unrestrained manner, which is what happens at events such as weddings.
Manichaean symbols and apocalyptic scenarios are bandied about with future consequences and rhetorical restraint thrown to the winds.
But when restraints to which he had long been accustomed and to which he yielded passive obedience were removed, and he was left in a condition of license, all the abeyant passions of his undisciplined nature were brought into prominence and antagonism with an environment where reciprocal obligations have not always found their highest expression. The American Negro: What He Was, What He Is, and What He May Become: A Critical and Practical Discussion
Pretty good, Miss Green, the advisor called out with her usual restraint, hands on the hips of her gray sweats, her expression thoughtful A compact woman with frizzy brown hair and a somewhat plain face, Miss Green had a husky voice that always sounded as if she had laryngitis. The Second Evil
The frequency spectral analyses show that the second ignition method could weaken and restrain the high frequency vibration, improve the characteristic of vibration in high loading density charge.
It is widely taken that the maximum value of the voltage transfer ratio of AC-AC matrix converter is 0.866, which has considerably restrained its application breadth.
They were also usually, if not always, a restraining influence on the more abrasive, if not irrepressible side of Mercer.
They were restrained before being taken under arrest to St Aldate's Police station.
While monetary policy is relatively easy to understand, with macroprudential policy no one knows how big these capital surcharges will have to be to restrain "overexuberance". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
The House of Lords applied the restraint of trade doctrine.
Oborne regrets the 'loss of self restraint' and his intention is to recreate it, or rather to again 'ostracise' and 'thrust beyond the outer margins of debate' those who dare to speak out about the impact of Islam on the British way of life. The British National Party
Stevie shut his eyes tight, restraining himself, trying to hold his anticipation in check.
But there was the usual reverent silence, broken by the occasional embarrassed cough or ripple of restrained applause.
Children must use an approved child restraint or adult seat belt.
The sleeve restrains the grout flow and expands up to twice its previous diameter, molding itself in the shapes and spaces within the walls.
But the calm and restrained people constitute the majority of the marchers.
When Rostnikov repeated that the primary evidence against Samsonov was the testimony of an Evenk shaman, Samsonov had to be restrained by Famfanoff who, surprisingly, found enough strength within his abused body to control the furious doctor. A Cold Red Sunrise
In other words, I am neither an anarchist who wants no government, namely unrestrained devitalization, nor a socialist, whose cry is for all government -- that is, restriction and rigidity. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers
Therefore, increasing premiums for wealthier seniors is more likely to restrain overutilization than hiking their ... common sense Medicare reforms, like income-adjusted premiums ...will help ensure patients are seeking appropriate care. Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Burr/Coburn Medicare Plan: 10 Deceptions - And A Free-Market "Death Panel"
I think it would be unrealistic if I quickly tried to make them friends within the time restraints of this story.
Whereas ITV News - with their love of the clunkiest graphics, doom-laden links and love of the dropped intro 'It was ...' - seems to make The Day Today look sober and restrained ... Back to you in the Studio Fiona. Cluck Cluck.
The Prime Minister is calling for new restraints on trade unions.
In retrospect, it appears we required a developed and reflexive feminist, gay and transgendered global vision to see through the prejudice governing sexuality, gender, ethnicity and the legislative restraints that paternally impose on enculturation and self-identification. G. Roger Denson: Gender as Performance & Script: Reading the Art of Yvonne Rainer, Cindy Sherman, Sarah Charlesworth & Lorna Simpson After Eve Sedgwick & Judith Butler
Until we embrace this belief our culture has little hope of surviving beyond its present state of unrestrained hostility.
His conception of a restrained aristocratic manliness is as applicable to the potentially hubristic - or tyrannical - prince as it is to the courtier.
She is the only one he wants and wants unrestrainedly. Sundome Book 5 » Manga Worth Reading
The guidance emphasises that restraint should be used as a last resort within a caring and disciplined home environment.
In many other healing temples for agitated people physical restraints are used, but they are not used here.
My daughter 's fiancé tried to restrain her and she mouthed off at him. The Sun
The UN appealed for both sides to exercise self-restraint.
Further restraint in near-term land sales could potentially cause severe undersupply in two to three years' time.
You can heave that rock to the top of the slope, but unless you make a constant effort to restrain it, sooner or later it will come rolling down again.
I’m talking, freed of all restraint a volubility which isn’t pleasant should you share the room with me. Pizza
Before his facile perils and ready laugh, life was no longer an affair of serious effort and restraint, but a toy, to be played with and turned topsy-turvy, carelessly to be lived and pleasured in, and carelessly to be flung aside. Chapter 2
I long to move - my whole body trembles with excitement - but the restraints on my legs and wrists keep me firmly in place.
After a violent struggle, he managed to restrain Vita on the ground until back-up arrived.
I prefer the restrained vista-framing, avenue-forming, gentle shapes of cylinders, spires and cones.
Their preference for negotiations was the result of a keen appreciation that American citizens had caused much of the trouble on the frontiers and that the rest of the country was reluctant to raise and support the forces needed to restrain frontiersmen or fight Native peoples. Between War and Peace
The resulting restraining order is in effect until May 10, when a hearing on a preliminary injunction is scheduled.
It is noteworthy that the New York Times, mouthpiece of the liberal wing of the political establishment, was far less restrained in its reaction.
Not merely daring and endurance but better still temper, self-restraint, fairness, honour, unenvying approbation of another's success and all that give and take of life which stands a man in good stead when he goes forth into the world. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
Their official role in the courts encompassed analogous responsibilities, restraint of criminals and conservation of justice.
One of the other symbols was a kara, a steel bangle that, among other things, represented restraint.
It was this temperance and self-restraint that led to Mendes being noticed in Hollywood.
Animals also restrain their aggression because it is disadvantageous to fight stronger opponents - it is better to run away.
Good luck favors emotional intelligence, self-restraint, prudence & emotional illiteracy, impulsivity and recklessness are likely to produce bad luck. Dr T.P.Chia
In the coming years, we will see that his ire, if anything, was far too restrained.
They challenged both physical and cultural territory and admitted implicit restraints on freedom as well as evident claims to " rights ". The Past is Before Us - feminism in action since the 1960s
Ill would it beseem my habit and my calling, to thrust myself into match-making and giving in marriage, but worse were it in me to see your lordships do needless wrong to the feelings which are proper to our nature, and which, being indulged honestly and under the restraints of religion, become a pledge of domestic quiet here, and future happiness in a better world. The Monastery
It is more akin to the toilet found on a modern jet airliner, with the addition of spring-loaded thigh restraints!
G20 leaders face lingering economic trouble as conference is set to open economy still wobbly from the worst recession in seven decades, restraining greedy bankers and plotting a future course for sustainable growth - the leaders of the world's major derivatives in the second quarter, as the level of risk eased in the global Wall Street, sex-and-shopping chick lit is so over. WN.com - Articles related to India inks nuclear pact with Argentina
Yet the manager knows that his team must remain competitive despite the financial restraints. The Sun
The last song is a vocally layered gem, featuring the organ in a far more restrained mood.
Conclusion: Xianggui pill can restrain significantly the growth of allotopia intima tissue, and has apparently adjustment to the cytokine.
Finally, psychiatrists in Britain and India diverged on the issue of restraining violent patients.
The government has taken measures to restrain inflation.
Yet in tender restraint, they find a pure connection that will break your heart. Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Brief Encounter, The Pitmen Painters
Trained as a doorman to national standards, he is teaching the actors restraining techniques and telling clubland anecdotes to familiarise them with a bouncer's world.
Ben, I expect you to comply with the terms of the restraining order from this point forward.
It said the BBC commentator had become a cult figure because of his ‘dry comments and lack of restraint’.
So much for the strategic plan and the visionaries who drafted it, not to mention subsequent strategic plans whose piffle is somewhat more restrained, but no more helpful.
By contrast, a Scottish artiste might play to sodden Glasgow shipwrights, a restrained middle class audience and a temperance rally in the same week.
But as Tirzah ran to kiss her brother, her mother restrained her: they were ‘unclean’ outcasts.
True, they ruled in favor of the Boy Scouts, and thus appeared to be acting with sensible restraint; but this sensible restraint is purely illusionary - and a simple example will show you what I mean by this.
Affecting someone's conscience by grace and restraint does not mean rolling over and playing dead, muttering meaningless politically correct platitudes, or remaining silent as many find it politic to do.
The development trend of computer architecture is toward distributed parallel processing, which overcomes the restraints of conventional sequential computers.
Life is in favor of those who are blessed with emotional intelligence, self-restraint, prudence, and positive behavior. Dr T.P.Chia
The man looked to be using every ounce of willpower he possessed to restrain himself.
He uses linen, cotton and cashmere and his textures combine opposites - they are soft and smart, worn but restrained.
Moving out of the central, more restrained and mournful section into the reprise could perhaps need a little more direction, but the overall work is coherent, engaging and pays the listener well.
His voice wobbled with restrained emotion
It tells us that there are things that SHOULD be "leashed" - held back, restrained, suppressed - that "leashing" such impulses is the normal state, and when that ceases to be, then something has gone wrong. The Kraalspace
Further, a certain measure of restraint was a condition of sanity amidst the new atmosphere of material abundance.
Therefore, it is necessary for us to use Internet in a reasonable way and restrain overindulgence.
New York Medicaid costs have ballooned by $13 billion since Albany passed a health-care ‘reform’ act four years ago, supposedly to restrain spending.
As an aristocrat Hartington was not untypical in regarding them as evangelical fanatics who needed restraining.
A beautiful song makes way for a restrained synth-led workout; it's a real tone-setter. Harangue the DJ: James Priestley
She tugged desperately at her restraints as memory came flooding back, but the chains seemed to be unbreakable.
Time after time, when they could have oversold the joke, they showed restraint… which, again, is saying something considering how tough some of the gags are.
Restraints or a show of force with a crisis team and initial sedation with sodium amobarbital are often required. The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
In his attempt to place checks and restraints on the power of the senators, he had the near total support of the public Assembly.
The activists reacted angrily and one had to be restrained. Times, Sunday Times
These states are more comfortable with a distant hegemon with an honorable history of restraint than a local hegemon with a persistent history of expansionism.
Today these restraints barely exist. The Sun
For, as he [a husband] is to answer for her [his wife's] misbehavior, the law thought it reasonable to intrust him with this power of restraining her, by domestic chastisement, in the same moderation that a man is allowed to correct his apprentices or children; for whom the master or parent is also liable in some cases to answer. 7 'Trivial Complaints:' The Role of Privacy in Domestic Violence Law and Activism in the U.S.
To us the declaration will be productive of much real enjoyment, and it will bring us together without restraint. COURTESANS
I didn't spend my entire time in Vegas sitting amongst gamblers and preaching the puritanical virtue of self-restraint.
Try combining different shapes and colors of tableware; assembled with restraint, an assortment can look beautiful and sophisticated.
Some slaves were treated well, but there were few restraints on their owners' powers, and physical punishment and sexual abuse were common.
Making a film is like choosing a set of restraints, and then trying to express yourself within those restraints.
The club claims that the man behaved violently towards a Union officer who was collecting entrance fees and had to be restrained by security staff on hand.
Opposition politicians have called for restraints on public spending.
The result must be dreadful where fervour will poetize without the aidful restraints of art and modesty. England's Antiphon
You, with your unrestrained laughter, your gift for delight, have taught us all to relax and to be part of the moment.
Guidance delayed by legal hitch Restraint guidance for children in care, long delayed by the government, has hit another obstacle.
When the intelligence becomes powerless to command and to say what and when and how the affections shall disport themselves, then man becomes a slave to his heart and is led like an ass by the nose hither and thither; and when nature thus runs unrestrained and wild, it makes for the mudholes of lust wherein to wallow and besot itself. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals
Two more seed pearls hung from her ear lobes while a white silk hairband restrained her curly hair.
The earliest are a restrained palette of blues, whites, then a touch of sage-green, manganese purple, and finally the sealing-wax red of Armenian bole.
They were allotted three meals a day, but there was a catch: their hands never came out of restraints.
The other type loud and flamboyant, gregarious and unrestrained, life-loving and vigorous, passionate and strong.
The scars from that experience have healed but you could still see them in the rider's relatively restrained reaction to victory. Times, Sunday Times
Gothic romance: "Now the co-presence of something regular, something to which the mind has been accustomed in various moods and in a less excited state, cannot but have great efficacy in tempering and restraining the passion by an intertexture of ordinary feeling, and of feeling not strictly and necessarily connected with the passion" (609). Gothic Visions, Romantic Acoustics
There are sound scientific reasons why we call robust, unrestrained laughter "hearty. Love, Medicine and Miracles
Agamemnon cannot restrain himself and even bursts into verse in the course of this disquisition on the decadence of oratory: artis severae si quis ambit effectus mentemque magnis applicat, prius mores frugalitatis lege poliat exacta. nec curet alto regiam trucem vultu cliensve cenas impotentium captet nec perditis addictus obruat vino mentis calorem, neve plausor in scaenam sedeat redemptus histrionis ad rictus. sed sive armigerae rident Tritonidis arces, seu Lacedaemonio tellus habitata colono Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal
The next few tracks exercise more restraint but fortunately don't compromise any of the fire of the opening track.
We must not restrain children of their liberty.
Your son's mother has petitioned the court for a hearing to lift the restraining order.
The design is an exercise in restraint, from the unadorned raised back to the discreet rope moulded rim, to the gentle curve of the sabre supports that end on paw feet.
We managed some restraint and resisted the deep-fried delights of the chimichanga - a tortilla filled with either beef, chicken or vegetables, served with guacamole and sour cream, of course.
More will become involved if given the opportunity to experiment free of regulatory restraints and bureaucratic interference.
Through such experiences and spectacles, the modern, detached, moderate rationality of the narrator, and often the hero, is linked to a restored sensorial excitement, as the novel connects the reader vicariously to a passional self momentarily free from habitual restraint (although in practice, still carefully insulated from any action that would seriously offend conventional proprieties). Walter Scott, Politeness, and Patriotism
Thou’lt find, when thou are about to commit any evil, an advertency in thy Heart, which restrains thee from the execution of it, and at other times from Speaking. The spiritual guide which disentangles the soul / by Michael de Molinos ; edited with an introduction by Kathleen Lyttelton and a note by H. Scott Holland.
Reuters GREENPEACE PROTEST: Security personnel and policemen try to restrain a Greenpeace activist in Mumbai, India, Thursday. Today's WSJ in Photos: Aug. 21, 2008
One important characteristic that has always differentiated good web designers from bad ones is the restrain in embracing every new technology that comes along.
In Delicious Chemistry the elements of restrained instrumentation, intelligent arrangement and superbly controlled vocals come together into a powerful compound.
No, for he woke upside down, restrained by a seatbelt connected to a seat in a certain upturned Toyota Avensis.
Vigroux and Evett are both accomplished players, and have enough experience to recognize that good instrumental music is an exercise in restraint.
He thinks she found them old-fashioned: too dynamic and passionate, in contrast to the restrained neoclassicism that was becoming fashionable in the 1770s. The Path of 'Progress'
Such objections as that the accused, at the time of the arraignment, is undergoing a sentence of a general court-martial, or that owing to the long delay in bringing him to trial he is unable to disprove the charge or to defend himself, or that his accuser was actuated by malice or is a person of bad character, or that he was released from restraint upon the charges are not proper subjects for motion prior to plea, however much they may constitute ground for a continuance or affect the questions of the truth or falsity of the charge or of the measure of punishment. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10214
Sometimes the care workers need to use physical restraint on the hospital patients.
What is a police state other than one in which police have strong powers not properly restrained by the courts?
It is the duty of every true friend of humanity and order, to protest against perverted sensibilities or sophistical refinements, which find warrant or apology for depraved appetites, -- for the worst distemperature of the mind, and the most fatal catastrophes, -- in natural propension, and unrestrained feeling. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers
Romans of the imperial age practiced torture against enemy combatants on an imposing scale of unrestraint. David Bromwich: Follow the Evidence
View image of page frequently rejoice unrestrainedly, and thank the Lord that he hath thus favored me in the choice, which I now verily believe was directed and sanctioned by his providence and which I trust shall ever be blessed to his holy name and to usefulness in his cause. Letter from Young John Allen to Mollie HoustonOctober 10, 1856
The extraction efficiency of organic light-emitting diode(OLED) is restrained by the high fraction of energy of the guided wave in the high-index materials(ITO/organic).
The criterion of energy transformation and conservation are used to derive the supplementary restraint condition of buckling deformation at the front of axial compression wave.
That's why we're trained in a technique called control and restraint. The Sun
Sammi jumped up from her seat as two musclemen restrained her from leaving the booth.
The financial restraint is the most prominent financial characteristic in poverty and underdevelopment regions.
The design of new offices for a firm of lawyers in the southern Spanish city of Cadiz proclaims the virtues of elegant restraint, use of few materials, and manipulation of marvellous south light.
‘You can do better than that, babe,’ I purr with all the self-restraint in the world, still resisting the heavy artillery.
There were incredible conditions of prejudice, they faced all sorts of restraints, yet they were dancing, singing, acting comedians, tragedians - you name it.
It might have been code for something involving restraints. Times, Sunday Times
Restraining from watching porn on a first date does not qualify for sainthood.
But I sense the callowness of pure Romanticism in such a rejection of restraint -- as coded into Odysseus's hood, into his arrival in disguise, as a beggar. Archive 2010-03-01
unrestrained laughter
Both believe that the Bible can do ignorant, sensual savages no good; both believe that nothing but compulsatory power can restrain uncivilized barbarians from polygamy, inebriety, and other sinful practices. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject
Not only the children of Israel, that had revolted from the temple, but the children of Judah too, that still adhered to it -- not only the common people, the men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, but those that should have reproved and restrained sin in others were themselves ringleaders in it, their kings and princes, their priests and prophets. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
Their observation affords both entertainment and an affirmation of their superior restraint and breeding.
Given the enormous British tradition of restraint and moderation, that won't happen this time but a drastic response such as that will surely happen if such attacks continue.
You really should restrain yourself, too much excitement in a man of your age could lead to apoplexy, that is if you are not already there? On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
Scriptwriters, directors and actors if they're any good know to leave enough of the knobbly bits of life in while reality shows don't seem to exercise the same restraint. Philippa Warr: Why Reality Television Isn't Real
I swear, I could skin him, protect myself from all decoys, prevent us from meeting, even in dreams, within the same 100 yards, but no worries, I don't need protection; you follow the law and stay gone, as maybe you feared last year's blizzards and that's what kept us inside ... all that unrestraint, all that To Be Continued -- now you're just another Where Are They Now? Ben Evans: The Poetry of Michael Tyrell
Historical evidence suggests that it is not the absolute level of unemployment which restrains wage claims but its rate of change.
In England, France, and generally on the Continent notions of legislative supremacy dictated that the popularly elected parts of government were not to be restrained by appointed judges.
In its place, he has built a bigger, swankier - but, by local standards, positively restrained - ultra-modernist four- to five-bedroom villa. Times, Sunday Times
Seconds later the aircraft smacked into the deck and was violently restrained as its arrestor hook caught, the deceleration dizzying. Times, Sunday Times
I had to restrain her from running out into the street.
The police had difficulty in restraining the crowd from rushing on to the pitch.
Practised with restraint, it proves useful, whereas in excess it leads to eccentricity and insociability. [ Michel de Montaigne
Laughter is easily restrained, by a very little reflection; but as it is generally connected with the idea of gaiety, people do not enough attend to its absurdity. Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
Gladys wanted to ask, "Aren't you angry with him?" But she restrained herself from doing so.
He stared down at her, his deep brown eyes darkening with barely restrained emotion.
But he will need strength and determination to oversee a radical reform programme amid tight financial restraints. Times, Sunday Times
His rage was beyond restraint.
He said he wasn't attempting to prohibit debate on the report, but rather asked for restraint pending adjudication by the courts.
She sighed in disgust and gathered together any restraint that was left within her.
It might have been code for something involving restraints. Times, Sunday Times
I can hold back on splurges when shopping anywhere, but the restrain only lasts so long, and if I'm shopping alone then it lasts hardly at all.
Moving between past and present, writing with self restraint and stoicism, she reveals a history filled with pain.
In the end, moderation and self-discipline and restraint worked. Times, Sunday Times
He deals more in exhortations, because those intent on useless questions needed chiefly to be recalled to the study of a holy, moral life; for nothing so effectually allays men's wandering curiosity, as the being brought to recognize those duties in which they ought to exercise themselves" [Calvin]. speak -- without restraint: contrast Tit 1: 11, "mouths ... stopped." doctrine -- "instruction" or "teaching. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The Conservative leaders expressed their preference for contributory pensions but did not restrain many of their backbenchers from voting for it.
On Friday the White House called for restraint, a peaceful transfer of power, and an end to what it called "senseless" violence in Yemen. US Government Pressed Over Yemen Uncertainty
Workers made some pretty big sacrifices and there was wage restraint on a very wide scale. Times, Sunday Times
It became the central plank in a nonproliferation regime that helped restrain the pace of global nuclear proliferation.
The meeting noted that the Claimant frequently requires physical restraint and at times intra muscular medication.
In a miscellaneous company, Mrs. Pryor rarely opened her lips; or, if obliged to speak, she spoke under restraint, and consequently not well; in dialogue, she was a good converser: her language, always a little formal, was well chosen; her sentiments were just; her information was varied and correct. Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
And though most Internet groups inside big companies operate with a measure of unrestraint this group operates with the precision of a marching corps.
So, it appears it would be illegal for me to restrain my dogs from bolting if a bird has fallen in the deeks and the flock is circling back. What Are the Biggest Duck Blind Sins a Gun Dog Can Make?
But overall Niccol has done a fine, restrained job in a genre for which many of us have lowered our expectations.
It was this combination of toughness and restraint, of will, nerve and wisdom, so brilliantly controlled, so matchlessly calibrated, that dazzled the world. The Courtier
Simple chords, restrained riffs and quiet imagery lead to just a perfect pathos running through each and every song.
I snapped, fast losing any sense of restraint or reality.
The unrestrained art of performance is far more fulfilling for him than stop-start filming for television.
Let the honest heart shew itself, and reason teach passion to submit to necessity; or, let the dignified pursuit of virtue and knowledge raise the mind above those emotions which rather imbitter than sweeten the cup of life, when they are not restrained within due bounds. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Furthermore, they discovered that female hormones - estrogens such as estradiol - are to thank for this healthy restraint.
Despite the presence of a couple of slightly more restrained pieces (including the closing ‘Japan’), Humcrush is packed with incident.
Sometimes the care workers need to use physical restraint on the hospital patients.
The police had difficulty in restraining the crowd from rushing on to the pitch.
Three times during the weekend, other cartoonists had to physically restrain him from creating a new strip.
But Marianne abhorred all concealment where no real disgrace could attend unreserve; and to aim at the restraint of sentiments which were not in themselves illaudable, appeared to her not merely an unnecessary effort, but a disgraceful subjection of reason to common – place and mistaken notions. Sense and Sensibility

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