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
Good men, honest men, accurate men, righteous men, patient men, self-restraining men, fair men, modest men.
From Town Geology by Kingsley, Charles
As to Conscience checking us in these breaches, making them fewer than they would otherwise be, men may arrive at such a conscience, or self-restraining sentiment, in other ways than by an innate endowment.
From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander
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)
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
