restrained

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While Fraser delivers an external performance as the tough American general, Scott offers a restrained, mostly tamped-down depiction of the repressed and methodical Stagg.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Upside momentum in prices may be restrained by concerns over rising Malaysian stockpiles and an uncertain demand outlook, despite continued tensions in the Middle East supporting crude oil prices, Kenanga Futures says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Yet the way she presented herself stayed largely unchanged - restrained, unshowy, and less interested in spectacle.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Researchers did not find a connection between emotional or restrained eating scores at the start of treatment and final treatment outcomes after one year.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

I looked at all the tourists, who'd no notion it existed, who thought they were seeing all of Cleveland, and restrained myself from pointing and shouting out, "The Gibb Street garden is there!"

From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman