restraint
Example Sentences
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In a social media post on Sunday, the spokesman for the Iranian parliament's national security commission warned Washington: "Our restraint is over as of today."
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Her social media persona generally follows the same restraint.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
With negotiations between Iran and the U.S. remaining stalled, it isn’t clear that Trump’s restraint will endure, says Jason Greenblatt, who served as White House envoy to the Middle East in the first Trump administration.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
"No adversary should mistake our current restraint with a lack of resolve," General Dan Caine told reporters, amid fears the current US-Iranian ceasefire is unravelling.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
You’re disappointed in me, you expected more restraint from me, you no doubt want me to act the way a fourteen-year-old is supposed to.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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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