restrain
verb (used with object)
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress.
am restraining
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present progressiveof restrain (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It is with difficulty I am restraining my curiosity to see her—also to hear her!—when she learns of her proscription by a grateful Republic.
From One-Act Plays By Modern Authors by Various
No doubt I seem very irreverent, but you have no idea how I am restraining myself for your sake.
From From Jest to Earnest by Edward Payson Roe
If you don't go, Del," said he, "you'll make me feel that I am restraining you in a way far meaner than a direct request not to go.
From The Second Generation by David Graham Phillips
