Example Sentences

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“We are searching for others. Since we started arresting the suspects, the opposition has restrained itself and the city is calm,” he said by phone.

From The Guardian • Nov. 2, 2020

Even as pitchers have thrown him fewer strikes, Mr Stanton has restrained himself and taken advantage of the hittable pitches sent his way.

From Economist • Sep. 19, 2017

This prospect of extensive damage and casualties has restrained successive U.S. administrations, however provocative North Korea has been. 

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2017

That was designed to help the country crack down on black markets, but it has left many Indians without cash to conduct business, something that has restrained the country’s growth.

From Washington Times • Jan. 6, 2017

All day he has restrained himself from checking on it.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr