restrained

How To Use restrained In A Sentence

• '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
• 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
• Even when talking in the most restrained of voices, Hugo's lilt would still rise up above all others.
• There are many adjectives routinely used to describe jazz fusion, but ‘restrained’ isn't one of them.
• 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.
• 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 restrained before being taken under arrest to St Aldate's Police station.
• But there was the usual reverent silence, broken by the occasional embarrassed cough or ripple of restrained applause.