is restraining
- present progressive of restrain (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Instead, it has left its key rate at what MPC members regard as a level that is restraining economic activity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Warsh said productivity gains and AI-driven innovation are the drivers of a new economic expansion that the Fed is restraining.
From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025
“We know what is restraining consumer spending,” he said — namely the health crisis and, for some families, the means.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2021
Last March a new law came into effect that allowed women access to protection orders - that is, restraining orders - for the first time.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2021
She is tired, her face looking numb, like she has no energy to express anything, but still I can tell she is restraining herself from talking; she is letting Father do most of it.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
