self-restrained
Example Sentences
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Indeed, John Smart thinks that given their processing capacity, A.I.s would actually be “vastly more responsible, regulated, and self-restrained than human beings.”
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2016
But his Black Keys bandmate was not so self-restrained.
From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2014
Yet there were the self-restrained Galaxy tied 0-0 with their captain standing over a potential 68th minute winner.
From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2013
It is always to be borne in mind that Longfellow’s self-restrained and well-ordered temperament habitually checked him in the career of innovator.
From Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
You have a good deal of pride, which is easily wounded, and you do not find it easy to remain cool and self-restrained under provocation.
From Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration by Coffman, C. J.
