self-restraint
Example Sentences
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Their lack of self restraint would result in an explosion.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024
Locsin warned Beijing's "failure to exercise self restraint threatens the special relationship" between the two countries.
From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2021
He had a moment of self restraint and stopped.
From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2015
Sacrifice of self not implied by self restraint, 696-m.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
Yes: Monsieur de Montcalm has had to exercise great patience and self restraint.
From French and English A Story of the Struggle in America by Everett-Green, Evelyn
