restraint
Example Sentences
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CNN’s Brian Stelter, who wrote a book documenting the president’s war on journalism in meticulous detail, praised the president for his restraint.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
Another witness noted he felt uncomfortable carrying out the restraint and that it was not right to do so, but felt he could not raise a concern with the other nurses.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
It has been executed with restraint toward civilians.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
The policy shift, which ends Tokyo's self-imposed restraint on the sale of lethal arms, comes as it seeks to enter the international arms market, hoping to bolster national defence as well as boost economic growth.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
I sat thinking of Aunt Addie, her stern face, her forbidding nature, her caution, her restraint, her keen struggle to be good and holy.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing restraint
Theodore Roosevelt on "New Nationalism" (1910)
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Excerpts from "Jacobson v. Massachusetts"
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Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 4
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