self-restraint
Example Sentences
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And I mean, it definitely has a lot of self-restraint attached to it, so who knows if I possess that as well.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
It has been a matter of self-restraint, a norm in which presidents chose not to use all the power they might legally possess.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 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
His capacity for self-restraint is becoming a thinner veneer over fundamental destructiveness.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2024
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
