restrain
Example Sentences
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He moved the restraining arm of the chair away and went to the desk.
From Literature
Governments, tech watchdogs and some of the people who build AI systems have called for global rules restraining use of the technology in warfare to avoid the various nightmare scenarios associated with automated killing machines.
But as you move inland and north — into Abruzzo, Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia — winter cooking becomes heartier, more restrained, and deeply tied to survival.
From Salon
The official motto of this year’s World Economic Forum was “A Spirit of Dialogue”—though many CEOs at times appeared to restrain their opinions about the changing world.
But I had assumed that the checks and balances built into the American system would have restrained executive powers.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
