restrain
Example Sentences
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He said Yaghoubtil offered him $1,000 to switch from his current law firm, according to the request for a restraining order.
From Los Angeles Times
With the Big Three restraining capacity, prices could go higher still, he predicts.
From Barron's
Carlsen's angry reaction, which went against the restrained demeanour typically seen in chess, generated a lot of conversation online.
From BBC
She was arguably the most famous woman of her time, and Queen Elizabeth II's style - though restrained and often conservative - was instantly recognisable.
From BBC
But Mr. Markovits’s writing is restrained and plainspoken, and it draws us in with the fidelity by which it inhabits Tom’s dejection.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
