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.

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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.
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
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.
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
I prefer the restrained vista-framing, avenue-forming, gentle shapes of cylinders, spires and cones.
It is noteworthy that the New York Times, mouthpiece of the liberal wing of the political establishment, was far less restrained in its reaction.
In the coming years, we will see that his ire, if anything, was far too restrained.
The last song is a vocally layered gem, featuring the organ in a far more restrained mood.
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.
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
A beautiful song makes way for a restrained synth-led workout; it's a real tone-setter. Harangue the DJ: James Priestley
The activists reacted angrily and one had to be restrained. Times, Sunday Times
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.
You, with your unrestrained laughter, your gift for delight, have taught us all to relax and to be part of the moment.
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.
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
There are sound scientific reasons why we call robust, unrestrained laughter "hearty. Love, Medicine and Miracles
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.
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'
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
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).
Sammi jumped up from her seat as two musclemen restrained her from leaving the booth.
unrestrained laughter
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)
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
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 overall Niccol has done a fine, restrained job in a genre for which many of us have lowered our expectations.
Simple chords, restrained riffs and quiet imagery lead to just a perfect pathos running through each and every song.
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
Despite the presence of a couple of slightly more restrained pieces (including the closing ‘Japan’), Humcrush is packed with incident.
Howard restrained himself from commenting on that piece of advice, having found that his smart remarks were obviously not appreciated here.
He tried to erase the tapes as he wasn't happy with it but an engineer restrained him. The Sun
Republican rhetoric had consisted of unrestrained hostility to the Soviet Union and emphasized permanent war with Communism.
Accordingly, he had restrained his own consumption just as Cunningham's had begun to accelerate out of control.
It further provided that our civil rights have no dependance on our religious opinions, any more that our opinions in physics of geometry; and it concluded that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whasoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer, on account of his religious opinions or belief. Denis Lacorne: Rick Perry's War On The Founding Fathers
Alas, at nearly 70 minutes, By the Way is overlong and simply too restrained, and too wrong-headedly earnest, to leave more than a marginal impression.
Perhaps most obvious is the drag on the economy imposed by widespread and unrestrained graft and corruption.
Jon had stopped the car and I opened the door and tried to step out, only to be tightly restrained by the seatbelt.
It was a brilliant bit of cooking: simple, restrained and utterly delicious. Times, Sunday Times
Jonathan had looked restrained, almost world-weary, and perhaps a little jaded even.
But in the museum a colorful, riotous, unrestrained assemblage of ideas is on display.
And the third movement sprinted and sparkled with colour in the clarity of its chording and its restrained impetus. Times, Sunday Times
Though single pieces were restrained, the cumulative effect of a group exhibition was to reorganize spatial perception radically.
There are sound scientific reasons why we call robust, unrestrained laughter "hearty. Love, Medicine and Miracles
The soundtrack combines Pentecostal glossolalia (speaking in tongues) with recordings of unrestrained laughter.
Normally his manner was cold, and he expounded his outrageous lecheries with grim sobriety, but that day he had been chewing preserved kal flavoured with aromatic oils, and his manner was less restrained than usual, even jolly.
Grabantak's skull when he mentioned his sanguinary intentions, but recalling Alf's oft-quoted words, "Discretion is the better part of valour," he restrained himself. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole
Furthermore, iontophoretic application of muscimol for 20 min in this area in head-restrained rats induced a strong and significant increase in PS quantities compared to saline. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
But unrestrained ethnic and racial chauvinism is a dangerous game. Cultural Anthropology
Early Baptists, of course, found themselves restrained by Calvinist predestinarian tenets.
This range of moods, from exaltation to the slough of despond, is entirely appropriate for the 24 Preludes and Fugues — a kind of expressivity rarely matched by the Russian pianists who recorded excerpts from the work, from the overimposing monumentality of Sviatoslav Richter to the dignified, restrained lyricism of Emil Gilels. From Despair to Delight
Her latest work, Geometry of Quiet, which received its North American premiere, shows Brown in a mood of restrained, judiciously measured eloquence.
David and Lyuba were like ice and water: He was a composed and restrained person, and never raised his voice; she was a bundle of energy, quick-tempered and excitable.
To me their very restrainedness, calmness, matter-of-factness, if I may so call it, are a strong guarantee that they are the utterance of an eyewitness, who verily saw what he tells so simply. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark
IV. i.53 (297,5) [word too large] So he uses _large jests_ in this play, for _licentious, not restrained within due bounds_. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies
The interior decoration is quite restrained.
They are answerable to no democratic mandate, so are unrestrained by the will of ordinary people.
After days of restrained, informational talks, here was someone with a flair for theater - a rabble-rousing activist.
The results show that the chaos can be restrained by superposing a periodic vibration.
The leader growled angrily, charging forward only to be restrained by his guards.
The possession of power, even when greatly restrained, is such a fiery stimulant, that its lodgment in human hands is always perilous. Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828
If we are not restrained by conventions, traditions or rules we are all capable of grotesque cruelties.
Instead, his menus are restrained and his presentation pared back. Times, Sunday Times
Development of chemical weapons was restrained in the 1920s by public outrage on moral grounds as well as protests from old-line army leaders on the basis of tradition and ineffectiveness.
That," he said, with a kind of leashed and restrained ferocity in his voice, "is Major P.tnam P. Stone -- and the P.stands for P.st, which is his middle name -- late of the Southern Confederacy. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights
Larger but more coloristically restrained, a major work from 2000 also contains a patchwork of snapshots that may or may not have any personal meaning for the artist.
I believe I startled a great many innocent Canadians, some perhaps as far away as Vancouver, with my unrestrained whoop of delight.
Tavis restrained the urge to kill me by taking another long gulp of his putrid coffee and sighing.
Sheppard, who was visiting Williams from his hometown of Fort Worth, Texas, described Blair Clark as "overdrunk" and said the cousin later had to be restrained from fighting with members of the Tre Tre Crips outside the club. Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
And, again, the restrained political, social, and moral messages are insightful and stimulating.
I was infuriated at being restrained like this, and absolutely livid that they had taken Gabriel away… maybe even killed him.
Even for adults, side impacts cause the most fatalities to properly restrained passengers.
The elegant copperplate lettering signals both a historical period and a genteel and restrained style of address.
Ever since he lost the election for Taipei mayor, he has been humble and self-restrained, quiet and modest, to the surprise of many.
He takes a relatively restrained approach to potentially melodramatic material and scenes in which she is unswayed by bribes or beatings make a considerable impact.
Its "Frenched" headlamps and tail lamps, relatively low roofline, and restrained use of chrome make it look customized. Motor Trend Videos RSS
All states have some form of child restraint law, but 24 do not require all children under 8 to be restrained in booster seats. Road safety laws slow to take hold
During a meeting at the Diamond police restrained attempts by loyalist and Catholic youths to break through their fines.
The best summer-suitable reds that taste delicious chilled on hot days are lighter, lively, less alcoholic but more acidic wines made from restrained red grapes such as the Loire's Cabernet franc and Beaujolais' gamay.
I averted my gaze to the tarred road between us, beneath us, and restrained my feet from shuffling ashamedly.
Larger but more coloristically restrained, a major work from 2000 also contains a patchwork of snapshots that may or may not have any personal meaning for the artist.
Though the word be general and large, yet in my intendment it is restrained to the particulars insisted on, -- namely, the constant establishment of our souls in receiving the Lord Jesus, tendered unto us in the truth and from the love of the Father, for the pardon of sins, and acceptation of our persons before God. The Sermons of John Owen
America's working neophytes' unrestrained optimism stems from having come of age in a flush economy and a tight labor market, with lots of highly visible examples of meteoric corporate career arcs.
What most cheese - be it blue, hard, soft, or crawling off the cheeseboard - really likes is a mature soft, savoury, spicy, gently oaked red with few tannins and restrained fruit.
Unlawful confinement involves a physical restraint, contrary to the wishes of the person restrained.
I was really dreading the murder scene, but I was surprised at how sensitive and restrained it was (though I probably shouldn't have been so surprised, because "sensitive and restrained" is sort of the FNL trademark). FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: Good News and Bad | the TV addict
True, the book is subtle and extremely restrained, compared to writers' coming-of-age bacchanalian classics like On the Road.
What this unwholesome alliance produced at the Javits Center was an unrestrained wallow in sentimentality and anti-development attitudes.
Inside, too, the dramatic swoops and swirls of the present model's fascia have been replaced by a more restrained architecture.
A sassy aria from Zandonai's Carmen-esque Conchita led into Fleming's oft-encored "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess, more restrained than I've heard her do in the past, with Höll giving limpid account of Gershwin's shifting counterpoint. Archive 2009-04-01
The newspapers have been responsibly restrained in their editorials which reflect the growing fears and safety concerns of the citizenry.
Alio almost hit him for that, but he restrained himself, even if he could explain it off as just a serge of anger for an undone job.
In spite of some fiery emotions at the moment I think you'll be happily surprised at just how restrained and conscious the work has been along this course.
Now, in the restrained language of the central bank, a substantial further fall in the inflation rate would be ‘unwelcome.’
The determination of dangerousness is based on evidence, establishing at least one of the following patterns of behaviour: unrestrained behaviour that is likely to cause danger; aggressive behaviour with indifference as to its consequences; or behaviour that is "of such a brutal nature" (s. 753. (1) (a) (iii)) that ordinary standards of restraint will not control it. When is a dangerous offender NOT a dangerous offender?
I restrained myself from commenting on the disgusting habit.
Made by a winery that makes great wines at every price point, this is a restrained, citrus fruity white.
When restrained from going up high slides or wading into ponds she becomes hysterical. Times, Sunday Times
It is a performance of restrained frustration and quiet despair, coupled with the type of calculated ruthlessness befitting a killer.
It follows the restrained style associated with classical antiquity.
If you are a prudent, self-restrained and emotionally disciplined individual, you will be able to control your future in a better way. Dr T.P.Chia
Dr. Willke, who in 1971 created what became Ohio Right to Life, called his onetime organization out of touch with the "unrestrained enthusiasm" that the heartbeat bill has unleashed and that he said is emerging in many other states. NYT > Home Page
Metallic fabrics broke the monotony of a restrained colour palette dominated by greys and blush pink.
Daak was unusually restrained, standing behind Ace with a hand on her shoulder and a puzzled frown on his face.
He tried to erase the tapes as he wasn't happy with it but an engineer restrained him. The Sun
Irish “racial” characteristics had become inherently American: Celts were declared to be naturally hard-working, orderly, loyal, and sexually restrained. A Renegade History of the United States
Strange looking ships set sail from ports to vanish over the horizon, unfettered by the lethal and unnavigable reefs that so restrained the Hub ports.
Liege (or rather Tongres, for Liege was not then built) that she was spreading wide her tenets, unpersecuted and unrestrained, for she was too far removed from idolatry and imposture to be regarded. Olla Podrida
That a servant is for the most part, 1. unacquainted with his master's designs, 383. 2. restrained with a degenerous awe of mind, Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. I.
The language is distilled, elegant and restrained. The Times Literary Supplement
They also move about unrestrained by razor wire, searchlights, locks or electric fences.
They restrained the man as he writhed and gibbered.
The prisoner had to be restrained by the police.
Fortunately, we had both buckled up and our seat belts restrained us from flying through the windshield, which would have been an even worse thing that could happen.
I sat back down in my seat and restrained myself from fanning my face where heat still lingered in my cheeks from our close encounter.
On the medium-bodied palate, the fruit is ripe, but restrained, with dark fruit flavors (blackberry, blueberry and a little plum) with more Thai basi/anise character along with sweet, minty herbs. Long Island Wine
All these features in wording made his poems tinged with a sense of being unrestrained, wild and jocose, displaying unique aesthetic traits.
“Because our culture so highly values self-control and control of circumstances, we become abject when contemplating mentation that seems more changeable, less restrained and less controllable, more open to outside influence, than we imagine our own to be.” Crazy Like Us
For the PLL has better performances in narrowband filtering and frequency tracking, the paper presents a new method which based on PLL accomplish the spuriousness restrained.
As the fighting factions are physically restrained, the verbal blows rain down harder than ever.
During April to June 2002, each captured adult was restrained on a Plexiglas board with narrow Velcro straps across the bird's thorax and adhesive tape to secure full extension of the wings.
He might have made his favourite niece Queen of England; but his Italian caution restrained him, and the beautiful Hortense has to put up with a new-made duke -- a title bought with her uncle's money -- to whom the Cardinal affianced her on his death-bed. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger
I sent him a passionate e-mail, but restrained for me, in saying this “geeserville” type thinking just won’t work and painting with broad brushes is just ignorant. Anthony Dias Blue, bloggers, and the exposure package | Dr Vino's wine blog
He gave his dynamic Futurist paintings a Cubist conception of space, often combined with the extremely restrained colours that characterized the work of Picasso and Braque at this time.
A restrained yet potent service of thanksgiving. Times, Sunday Times
While there was some good, or at least restrained, reporting by U.S. media as the tragedy unfolded, the main sources of news for most Americans maintain what I can only call a cocked trigger of jingoism, which often goes off before the screams subside and the blood and debris are hosed into the gutter. Pseudo-Reporting
Osmosis Part 1 is a wheeling, plaintively calling piece with restrained, squeezed-chord electronics from Frisell.
Her philosophy was purely laical; thought was unrestrained by any sacred tradition; it even pretended to pass judgment upon these traditions and condemned or approved of them. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
The host and hostess restrained themselves from demonstrativeness in parting with her; they were sparing of words, but lavish in little attentions for her comfort. Mother
The restrained colour palette of whites teamed with off-white limestone-effect floors and a range of pale fittings enhances the already powerful sense of natural light.
Made by a winery that makes great wines at every price point, this is a restrained, citrus fruity white.
Sammi jumped up from her seat as two musclemen restrained her from leaving the booth.
Alyssa kept screaming curses and oaths, and would have broken all the furniture in Alli's bedroom, had Lisa not restrained her.
Besides, a phrase may be so circumstantiated as to be in one only place restrained to a sense which it doth not elsewhere necessarily import. The Doctrine of the Saints�� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
I ruled out vociferous interjections, and Mr Mallard was more restrained after he was warned.
'Give me a shilling!' was her reply, while the slaver drivelled unrestrained from her mouth, rendering utterly disgusting a chin that a statuary might have wished to model. Camilla
The actor, as a restrained Reverend, puts in a dynamite performance, in contrast to his over the top roles in several recent films.
Like a box of good chocolates, I prefer a restrained approach to a book, savouring no more than one or two chapters a day.
That child is too young to educate and Goodloe ought to be restrained from cradle-snatching like -- The Heart's Kingdom
This unrestrained style of dressing is no longer a personal statement; it has become a symbol of the sector.
The resultant space is large, airy, unfussy, restrained.
Cade was moving towards the squeeze chute that restrained the cow while the injection was given, the same contraption Erin had seen rodeos use when cowboys mounted the steers.
The soundtrack to Rachel Lowe's video piece is more restrained - on two screens side by side we watch a woman smoke fags and drink coffee, and hear the fuzzy hubbub of the nowheresville shopping mall she's in.
These are very carefully controlled poems, but some of them would benefit from being less restrained: too many are too slight or quiet for their own good. The Times Literary Supplement
With an effort, he restrained himself.
they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
A droopy country-and-western singer's moustache had been left to grow, unrestrained under his nose and, when he spoke, it was in a barely audible murmur.
Their restrained, sober forms and motifs characterise what is now known as the ‘Queen Anne’ style.
The restrained editing style heightens the intensity and allows greater scrutiny of the characters.
No mans person shall be restrained or imprisoned by any authority whatsoever, before the law hath sentenced him thereto, if he can put in sufficient security, bail or mainprise, for his appearance, and good behaviour in the mean time, unless it be in Crimes Capital, and Contempts in open Court, and in such cases where some express act of Court doth allow it. The Massachusetts Body of Liberties
The extraction efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes(OLED) is restrained by the high fraction of energy of the guided wave in the high-index materials(ITO/organic).
Anaerobic digesting technology is widely applied in bio-energy development and pollution control of piggery wastewater, and has restrained the pollution of pig farm discharge efficiently.
Stick to generous, oversized shapes and a restrained palette, and you will end up with something that feels expansive and calming. Times, Sunday Times
In a row of glass cases, waxwork tableaux of Victorian surgeons are shown lopping off limbs while their patients are forcibly restrained.
Dog − Following premedication, patient administered with general anesthetic, and restrained on its back − An area from xiphisternum to pelvis is shaved and surgically prepped − Sterile drapes are applied − In cat, incision is made approx. half-way between the umbilicus and the pelvis − In dog, incision is made slightly more cranially - beginning at the umbilicus and extending caudally − Incised: skin, subQ tissue, peritoneum − Recently Uploaded Slideshows
She made no other movement as the doctors restrained her to the sickbed, just laying there and contemplating furiously.
For, in a categorical syllogism the major proposition is not to be particular, or equipollent to a particular; for, from such a proposition, when any thing communicable to more is the subject of it, and is restrained unto one particular, nothing can be inferred in the conclusion. A Brief Declaration and Vindication of The Doctrine of the Trinity
Alas, his careful pacing and the stars' restrained performances are undermined by a tell-all trailer and an uneven script.
Green seemed untroubled by such thoughts - and expressed his lack of concern in the restrained and cheerful language for which he is renowned. Times, Sunday Times
We should also remember that unrestrained growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
Other measures of consumer activity also point to a more restrained picture. Times, Sunday Times
And, most definitely, there is the looking glass trained on an era always described as prudish and restrained -- a welcome revelation that Victorian values may have plagued society at large, but couldn't entirely penetrate life behind closed doors. the controversy Kinsey's work is plagued with. Cinematical
Its restrained palette, the sinuous, loopy drawing, and the interplay of seemingly simple forms and planes present a highly cerebral visual game.
No such scruples had restrained him from unleashing new conflict with a nearer neighbour. CHRISTINA QUEEN OF SWEDEN: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric
With colourful bursts of fireworks stimulating the eyes and unrestrained music exciting the ears, how could you resist tangoing along too?
It is partly through this fear of technological instability that nuclear deterrence has promoted rather than restrained arms races. NATO's Changing Strategic Agenda
FIVE cops could face criminal charges after an athlete suffered brain damage when he was restrained outside a club. The Sun
Yet can we simple folk bear the absence of authority that once issued so unrestrainedly from our army of economic experts? Past Their Prime (Rate)
With an effort, he restrained himself.
Instead, his menus are restrained and his presentation pared back. Times, Sunday Times
She was tall, nearly my height, and very thin, but she carried herself with an unrestrained grace that appealed to me.

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