Thesaurus / restrain
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Local economies can support only a few of them, and states often limit the number of licenses granted, restraining the number of competitors.
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A citizen tried to obtain a restraining order against Officer Matthew Paniagua, who wrote multiple seditious language tickets, and other officers who the man alleged harassed and threatened him, but a judge denied the request, court records show.
In its article Tuesday, the Daily News and ProPublica report also noted two restraining order applications made by Clarkson’s estranged wife in the 1990s.
ALASKA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL RESIGNS HOURS AFTER WE PUBLISHED “UNCOMFORTABLE” TEXTS HE SENT TO A YOUNGER COLLEAGUEBY KYLE HOPKINS, ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWSAUGUST 25, 2020PROPUBLICA
Seeing them, Avdotya could not restrain her tears; they simply spurted from her red and swollen eyes.
KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK AND OTHER STORIESIVAN TURGENEV
Marmaduke Denison could not restrain an audible sigh of relief.
ROBIN REDBREASTMARY LOUISA MOLESWORTH
Ostrov and Trirodov managed to restrain him with great difficulty.
THE CREATED LEGENDFEODOR SOLOGUB
Zulma wrote hers in a large steady hand, but a tear, which she could not restrain, fell upon the letters and blurred them.
THE BASTONNAISJOHN LESPERANCE
Anna came down the hall, evidently trying to restrain a giggle at his dusty appearance.
IN THE MIST OF THE MOUNTAINSETHEL TURNER
Her teeth were set; her face was flushed under the struggle to restrain herself.
THE LAW AND THE LADYWILKIE COLLINS
Mrs. Bindle's lips tightened, as if she were striving to restrain the angry words that were eager to leap out.
MRS. BINDLEHEBERT JENKINS
WORDS RELATED TO RESTRAIN
- abate
- adjust
- admix
- allay
- alleviate
- assuage
- chill out
- cool
- cool out
- curb
- dilute
- ease
- fine tune
- lessen
- make reasonable
- mitigate
- modulate
- mollify
- monkey around with
- pacify
- palliate
- relieve
- restrain
- revamp
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- switch
- take the bite out of
- take the edge off
- take the sting out of
- tone down
- transmogrify
- weaken
- abate
- adjust
- admix
- allay
- alleviate
- assuage
- chill out
- cool
- cool out
- curb
- dilute
- ease
- fine tune
- lessen
- make reasonable
- mitigate
- modulate
- mollify
- monkey around with
- pacify
- palliate
- relieve
- restrain
- revamp
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- switch
- take the bite out of
- take the edge off
- take the sting out of
- tone down
- transmogrify
- weaken
- abate
- adjust
- admix
- allay
- alleviate
- assuage
- chill out
- cool
- cool out
- curb
- dilute
- ease
- fine tune
- lessen
- make reasonable
- mitigate
- modulate
- mollify
- monkey around with
- pacify
- palliate
- relieve
- restrain
- revamp
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- switch
- take the bite out of
- take the edge off
- take the sting out of
- tone down
- transmogrify
- weaken
- baffle
- balk
- beat
- bilk
- check
- circumvent
- confuse
- counter
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- cross
- curb
- dash
- defeat
- disappoint
- ditch
- dodge
- double-cross
- duck
- foil
- foul up
- frustrate
- give the slip
- hold up
- impede
- louse up
- match
- obstruct
- oppose
- outwit
- pit
- play off
- prevent
- queer
- restrain
- ruin
- scotch
- skin
- snafu
- stymie
- take down
- take wind out of
- trammel
- upset
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