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Main Entry:	re-strain [ree-streyn] /riˈstreɪn/ Show Spelled
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Main Entry:	restrain
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Example Sentences

His mother, who attempted to restrain him, was cut on the hand.

So either add some substance to your comments or restrain yourself.

It wants the government to restrain speculative inflows by imposing far higher initial margin requirements on currency futures.

His mother, who attempted to restrain him, was cut on the hand.

So either add some substance to your comments or restrain yourself.

It wants the government to restrain speculative inflows by imposing far higher initial margin requirements on currency futures.

The sheet is believed to restrain the glacial ice that covers the continent.

Reward communication of needs/wants and restrain them when they become violent.

His goal is to restrain the growth of greenhouse gas emissions.

Yet it is fair for government to restrain malefactors.

Britain's courts are, in effect, legislating to protect privacy and restrain the tabloids.

It is almost impossible to restrain her and get her to relax until she gets her way.

It's easier to attack visible laws than it is to restrain the invisible hand.

The only option that he has is to either restrain his remarks or face an attorney.

It's a novel idea-that the way to restrain spending is to increase taxes whenever spending rises.

They conform because they are made to conform by someone who can restrain them.

There are only two possible responses: build more roads or restrain the growth in traffic.

It isn't a misunderstanding, or the unavoidable outcome of having been too drunk to restrain yourself.

Imports would restrain inflation, and counterbalance currency appreciation.

He pledged to restrain government spending, yet proposed a slew of new government programmes.

But they failed to restrain themselves, and the backlash has begun.

Pessimists are convinced nothing can be done to restrain it.

Belief in efficient-market theory made the authorities reluctant to restrain either the dotcom or the housing and credit bubbles.

No problem, say enthusiasts: restrain the building and improve the transport.

Attempts to restrain the surveillance society through new laws will intensify.

Investors frequently reap nothing but frustration when they seek to restrain the financial aspirations of corporate bosses.

The kind of gag that was used to restrain him is prohibited, though its use is said to be commonplace.

Callender, to restrain the latter from using her confession in a divorce.

Yet another science report warns that action must be taken to restrain greenhouse gas emissions.

The automobile seat belts of the time were two-point lap belts that didn't restrain the upper body.

In order to prevail in their case, the states will have to prove that there was an agreement to restrain trade.

These brave moderates are trying to restrain the fiscal explosion.

What the president couldn't point to was actual legislation to restrain greenhouse gas pollution.

Driving safety advocates urge pet owners to restrain their dogs while traveling in cars.

Can't restrain myself from feeding the trollarghhhh.

The authorities have tried to restrain investment, prices and lending through administrative fiat.

To do so, they created a unique environment, a trap in which to restrain electrons on a two-dimensional plane.

It's interesting how much freedom you get in that you don't have any inhibitions to restrain you.

Guards will get extra training on techniques to restrain inmates that are less potentially harmful.

Worried governments are launching a battery of measures to try to restrain the value of their currencies.

Common sense is you restrain yourself when you punish.

Until those costs are contained, it will be hard to truly restrain premiums.

Lewis immediately denounced the use of injunctions to restrain strikes.

He said that in one moment seen on videotape, he was holding down a man's hand in an attempt to restrain him.

By intervening, emerging-market central banks restrain the pace at which their currencies appreciate.

The police say that in response to years of complaints they have been trying to use other ways to restrain suspects.

Coaches from both teams worked to restrain their players.

China has been pushing up interest rates and raising reserve requirements in the banking system in an effort to restrain growth.

He has played in gentle five-a-side training, and the task now is to restrain him.

Firms often aim to restrain their rivals by tying them up in lawsuits or forcing them to make concessions to appease regulators.

Of course treaties and norms don't restrain the outlaws.

Indeed, the coal boom blows yet another hole in the effort to restrain greenhouse-gas emissions.

Worse, the world would have no way to restrain nuclear blackmail.

Unless governments restrain those impulses, they will undermine the gains from rising investment.

Court orders to restrain material from reaching the public are rarely granted, legal experts said.

Before the crisis hit, the government was trying hard to restrain runaway lending.

That's why farmers are organizing a cartel to restrain trade in fluid milk.

In an era of price increases and brownouts, such information can presumably prod energy gluttons to restrain consumption.

For as long as people are optimistic, the creation of credit is hard to restrain.

Tamara, would rush to fight his tormenters, or restrain him from doing so.

High debts and excess capacity will restrain growth.

Garibaldi imposed limits to try to restrain emotion that some judges say can sway jurors.

To its credit, the administration has tried to restrain the congressional neoprotectionists.

They use the entire force to curb the people and restrain the desire for freedom and development.

However they are not likely to effectively restrain excessive lending to booming markets.

If it is too high it will do little to restrain risk-taking.

Gagging individuals to restrain them is said to be a common practice.

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