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How to use restrained in a sentence

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At the moment, traffic in York is being restrained simply by congestion itself.
With difficulty, she restrained herself from getting emotional as a result of his sudden kindness.
Jon had stopped the car and I opened the door and tried to step out, only to be tightly restrained by the seatbelt.
No, for he woke upside down, restrained by a seatbelt connected to a seat in a certain upturned Toyota Avensis.
Olivia, Ryan and Kayla all reared forward from the sudden stop, only their seat belts keeping them restrained in their seats.
Field's film has two spectacular performances, by Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson, though the overall tone is rather restrained and poetic.
The count displays the inner calm, the ideal of restrained, and learned manners required of a gentleman.
Even when talking in the most restrained of voices, Hugo's lilt would still rise up above all others.
This is simply too much visual clutter for a site that should be treated with restrained dignity.
The restrained editing style heightens the intensity and allows greater scrutiny of the characters.
His mother's restrained manner, in addition to decreased work hours, wear out and depress Paul so much that he suffers greatly.
The style is heightened by the restrained color palette and decidedly retro feel to the animation.
The vivacity of former years gave way to a more restrained and meditative art.
Osmosis Part 1 is a wheeling, plaintively calling piece with restrained, squeezed-chord electronics from Frisell.
Alexander Sokurov has a surprisingly ornate clock in his otherwise cool and restrained St Petersburg flat.
Metallic fabrics broke the monotony of a restrained colour palette dominated by greys and blush pink.
Throughout Misery is a Butterfly, all recording tracks share this remarkably restrained touch.
Tessa just stared for a second, her eyes red, glistening with restrained tears.
Finally, restrained eating is hypothesized to be associated with negative affect.
His performance provides a sober anchor to Kitano's barely restrained jubilation.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Mr. Johnson was hardly restrained by his compassion for the orphan from throwing up the executorship in disgust.
In hyperactive children the arms must first be restrained by holding them tight in our hands.
Tim shuffled his feet nervously, bursting with barely restrained pride as I switched on public access.
She restrained herself so as not to say too much, but really it was angering her.
It is housed in a tall case of dark-red mahogany veneered on oak, with restrained carving featuring ribands and foliate motifs.
He was furious with rage, and would have sprung at rodman had he not been restrained.
But he was restrained by the house detective who held him while Buck and his crony slunk away.
He restrained the ferocity of Nero and checked the ambition and vengefulness of Agrippina.
From that time her anger was frequently restrained by the sight or the mention of the book.
To begin with, he developed a violent attack of hiccups which could not be restrained.
For the hetairai did not shun the light of day, and were not restrained by the law.
During all this time Marengo stood by, restrained by them from rushing forward.
Thus on March 12, we subdued her with a choker, restrained her with ropes, replaced her collar and released her just after sunset.
The thought, too, that she might meet Eban in his angry mood restrained her.
Shorty's thumb played a little with his gunlock, but Si restrained him with a look.
He would have taken her hand on this, but the grave, direct gaze of her sapphirine eyes restrained him.
Then a congregationalist minister, in quieter vein but with restrained earnestness.
Curiosity and wonder possessed all hearts, but respect restrained all tongues till the holy rite was over.
But far from the sort of opulence you might expect from the sleeping quarters of the Queen Mother, the bedroom is remarkably restrained.
Having with difficulty restrained an explosion of merriment, lest it should offend her majesty, Laurie tapped and was graciously received.
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