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
When the remarkable energy of men, born in genial climates, is tempered by self restraint, it produces that urbane and chivalrous character which once made war the school of gentlemen.
From History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 by Mayer, Brantz
After a time my passion subsided, and with recovered calmness I saw that my only chance of doing anything for Lucy depended on my patience and self restraint.
From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Strang, Herbert
