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 man was too proud and self-restrained to betray these depths even to those nearest and dearest to him.
From The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island by Jewitt, John Rodgers
Desdemona; woman of the North; modest, tender, self-restrained.
From Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women by Benton, Caroline French
