lack of restraint

Example Sentences

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The Rams showed that same lack of restraint against the Titans, looking nothing like the measured and efficient L.A. team that came into the game with an NFL-low 31 penalties through the first eight games.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2021

It was a desperate plea from longtime Black supporters of the school who’d finally grown weary of Falwell Jr. and his lack of restraint.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2020

“Whether my opponent’s comment was born out of frustration or ignorance, I cannot say. But his actions do not excuse my lack of restraint in the moment.”

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2019

That long list of TV partners is an indication of the novel’s chronic lack of restraint.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2019

It is easy, however, to talk of the boisterousness, the “caricature,” the unlicensed recklessness of the book, the lack of restraint, the defiance of the probabilities. 

From Pickwickian Manners and Customs by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington