self-restraint
Example Sentences
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Their lack of self restraint would result in an explosion.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024
Locsin warned Beijing's "failure to exercise self restraint threatens the special relationship" between the two countries.
From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2021
He had a moment of self restraint and stopped.
From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2015
Her lips were compressed, the outward symbol of a life of silent hours and self restraint.
From The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day by Stark, Harriet
The doctor went out with Ned and charged him strictly to impress upon his mother the necessity for self restraint and quiet when she saw her husband.
From By Pike and Dyke: a Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
