restrain
Example Sentences
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Despite tasting defeat, Parker was restrained in his response to the decision.
From BBC
Additionally, Glover filed a request for a restraining order against Doe, though a judge dismissed the request because of a “lack of prosecution.”
From Los Angeles Times
These patchwork visions have a restrained, contemplative air that carefully weighs the seriousness of their themes without ever dipping into melodrama or titillation.
He probably has a restraining word against me.
From Los Angeles Times
After some long-winded bickering between the two camps, the fighters - relatively restrained until that point - finally sparked into life.
From BBC
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