Example Sentences

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Elevated rates are restraining demand for what was supposed to be a rebound spring buying season.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

“There are ways to get safer, there are ways to get rid of a gun in a safer way, there are restraining orders to get rid of a gun, too.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023

As soon as the bully sees that we are restraining ourselves, then they push us harder from being outraged to turning that anger inward through a dynamic I call "in-rage."

From Salon • Jul. 11, 2022

But supply bottlenecks are restraining business spending on equipment.

From Reuters • Mar. 24, 2022

I can tell my parents are restraining themselves from asking me what happened, where I’ve been.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed