Example Sentences

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Indeed, John Smart thinks that given their processing capacity, A.I.s would actually be “vastly more responsible, regulated, and self-restrained than human beings.”

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2016

But his Black Keys bandmate was not so self-restrained.

From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2014

Yet there were the self-restrained Galaxy tied 0-0 with their captain standing over a potential 68th minute winner.

From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2013

The man was too proud and self-restrained to betray these depths even to those nearest and dearest to him.

From The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island by Jewitt, John Rodgers

Miss Priscilla was far too self-restrained to ever be as foolishly, thrillingly tender and fond, and happy as she, Theodora North, would have been.

From Theo A Sprightly Love Story by Burnett, Frances Hodgson