self-restraint
Example Sentences
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As a result of their less mature brains, kids exhibit less impulse control and self-restraint than adults.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The notes, owned and preserved by the family of close associate and freedom fighter Anand T Hingorani, include 688 of Gandhi's handwritten messages on truth, non-violence and self-restraint written between 1944 and 1946.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Whatever the outcome, the court will be deciding not only the fate of one executive order but whether its own doctrine of self-restraint in election cases still has any meaning.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 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
She could only use patience and self-restraint poor tools when matched against the heartfelt mania of love to which the ancient race was martyred.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
