self-restraint
Example Sentences
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Xenophon at times tries to show that the Spartans, too, abandoned self-restraint and overextended themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Despite the usual crowds of thousands, the feeling of self-restraint was more evident this year, the 30-year-old told AFP.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
Named after a 1960 Supreme Court case, the Petite Policy is a self-restraint that the Justice Department imposes on its own prosecutors concerning conduct that is already the subject of a state or local prosecution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
His capacity for self-restraint is becoming a thinner veneer over fundamental destructiveness.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2024
When Snape said nothing, Narcissa seemed to lose what little self-restraint she still possessed.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
