restrained

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Restrained as a corset, it feels as if "The Essex Serpent" doesn't want us to excite ourselves or to get any ideas beyond the ones drolly lined out for us.

From Salon • May 14, 2022

Restrained sweetening is provided by organic blue agave syrup from Mexico, and Meyer lemons, mostly from a distillate using the peels, create the lightly bitter citric profile.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2022

Restrained price pressures give the Federal Open Market Committee “and me, as a central banker, some latitude to be patient,” Mr. Kaplan said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2018

Restrained, humane and trading in universal needs for nurturing and belonging, Lean on Pete won’t prove remotely as divisive, but its outside gaze is just as integral to its storytelling and its aching emotional payoff.

From The Guardian • Apr. 4, 2018

Restrained by something that puts on the character of prudence, he acts the hypocrite upon himself as well as to others.

From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man by Conway, Moncure Daniel