most restrained
Example Sentences
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Here’s an idea of how crazy this film is: It hires someone to play Benito Mussolini, yet he’s the most restrained performer in the cast.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025
Promotional material calls it “The Killers’ most restrained and resonant album yet.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2021
As the first cut fades into “The Flow,” a regal bass line and cymbals give way to gentle, chord-based piano, followed by the most restrained electric guitar.
From Washington Times • Apr. 19, 2019
For all the “hysterical melodrama”, as Stevens himself called it, of The Age of Adz, Futile Devices is by far its most restrained track.
From The Guardian • May 11, 2017
This cautious calculating disposition too, is most predominant in those who are in the most easy circumstances: where the liability to incur loss is greatest, the spirit of enterprize is generally most restrained.
