self-restraint
Example Sentences
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Self-restraint can seem harder than ever because there are so many new temptations being marketed — high-calorie foods, distracting gadgets, time-sucking Web sites.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2012
Self-restraint is the first requirement of a student.
From Time Magazine Archive
Self-restraint no longer seems like a very adult way to act.
From Time Magazine Archive
Self-restraint is a must in television interviewing also.
From Time Magazine Archive
Self-restraint must be kept up; whatever suspicions might arise when the fact of Elizabeth's disappearance became known in the house, this proud man would not expose himself to the curious eyes of his menials.
From A Noble Woman by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
