self-restrained
Example Sentences
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Indeed, John Smart thinks that given their processing capacity, A.I.s would actually be “vastly more responsible, regulated, and self-restrained than human beings.”
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2016
But his Black Keys bandmate was not so self-restrained.
From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2014
Yet there were the self-restrained Galaxy tied 0-0 with their captain standing over a potential 68th minute winner.
From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2013
The same resource is open to any community already possessing a gold currency, and becoming civilised and self-restrained and sensible enough to arrange to do without gold counters in its internal trade.
From An Example of Communal Currency The facts about the Guernsey Market House by Harris, J. Theodore
He was sincerely religious, self-restrained and courteous, though occasionally, under provocation, he could burst out into a royal rage.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
