Example Sentences

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His nightly prayer must be a desperate petition that his less restrainable followers be stricken dumb until the Halifax speech is forgotten.

From Time Magazine Archive

The chancellor knew the daring of the king, restrainable by nothing, and he doubted not that he was ready to do this.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Adj. obedient; complying, compliant; loyal, faithful, devoted; at one's call, at one's command, at one's orders, at one's beck and call; under beck and call, under control. restrainable; resigned, passive; submissive &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

On the morrow, which is the 20th of June, these Hundred and Forty-nine false Curates, no longer restrainable by his Grace of Paris, will desert in a body: let De Breze intervene, and produce—closed doors!

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

But it was with an impatience scarcely restrainable that she waited for the approach of evening which would bring her lover.

From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by Simms, William Gilmore