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
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
The application of the word dissolute to the last, and of the word self-restrained to the first, implies this fact.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.
