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
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 such a house as this embodies the possibility of living with grace and decorum throughout by dint of loving carefulness and self-restraining simplicity.
From Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life by Lee, Vernon
With the multitude, self-restraining meekness under provocation is a virtue which stands quite low in the catalogue.
From Friends and Neighbors by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
