self-restraining
Example Sentences
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These two countries are called superpowers, but the name is illusory, since the power they have to level the earth and each other is self-restraining.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had sat by Maria day after day, wiping the cold dampness from her forehead and watching her self-restraining pride.
From Old Kaskaskia by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
In brief, as much amazement was expressed as though "men of business" were commonly infallible, and the world had never heard of a man of business whose conduct was not ruled by self-restraining prudence.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
There is more of genius, art, thought, and study in this self-restraining simplicity than in the freer and bolder eloquence that might make young pulses tingle.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) by Various
For the noblest and most amiable thing that can be seen is power mixed with gentleness, the reposing, self-restraining attitude of strength.
From Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 by Church, R. W. (Richard William)
