restrained
Example Sentences
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Internally he is more confident than last time and less restrained.
Hiring has cooled over the past 12 months, yet the weekly jobless-claims data have provided consistent evidence that layoffs have remained restrained.
The Delaware Supreme Court resolved the case on narrower and more restrained grounds.
From Barron's
The Welsh actor has built a career playing men who appear restrained on the surface but conceal something far more volatile beneath.
From BBC
He climbed over a barrier and was immediately restrained by officers from the imperial guard and Tokyo police who wrapped him in a blanket and led him away.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
