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
If the child be taught that self-restraint is the boasted characteristic of the model American, should he not learn that the model American nation should be self-restraining?
From Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association by Weston, Stephen Francis
In brief, as much amazement was expressed as though "men of business" were commonly infallible, and the world had never heard of a man of business whose conduct was not ruled by self-restraining prudence.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
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)
Good men, honest men, accurate men, righteous men, patient men, self-restraining men, fair men, modest men.
From Town Geology by Kingsley, Charles
