restraint
Example Sentences
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I appreciated the restraint exercised by Caleb Eberhardt, who trusted the audience to discern what it needed to discern about Kenneth when he played the role at La Jolla Playhouse.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
One of the reasons I love bread pudding so much is that it rewards restraint.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
The selloff in long-term Treasurys is itself an argument for restraint.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
He can choose not to compound an energy shock with monetary restraint that damages capital formation and productivity growth exactly when the economy needs both.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
For safety’s sake, then, hyperbole should be used with restraint and only by those with the proper literary training.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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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