self-restraint

Example Sentences

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Xenophon at times tries to show that the Spartans, too, abandoned self-restraint and overextended themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Despite the usual crowds of thousands, the feeling of self-restraint was more evident this year, the 30-year-old told AFP.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

The governor of Sweida, Mustapha al-Bakur, called on his constituents to "exercise self-restraint and respond to national calls for reform".

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

Named after a 1960 Supreme Court case, the Petite Policy is a self-restraint that the Justice Department imposes on its own prosecutors concerning conduct that is already the subject of a state or local prosecution.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024

Although I know his capacity for self-restraint in a dangerous moment is uncanny.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver