Example Sentences

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These two countries are called superpowers, but the name is illusory, since the power they have to level the earth and each other is self-restraining.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was beyond the ordinary scope of the self-restraining forces in Moonface to await with calm the recovery of Lightfoot's breath and powers of conversation.

From The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man by Waterloo, Stanley

If the child be taught that self-restraint is the boasted characteristic of the model American, should he not learn that the model American nation should be self-restraining?

From Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association by Weston, Stephen Francis

Honest, industrious, and self-restraining men will make a very bad social organization prosper; while vicious, idle, and reckless citizens will bring to ruin the best that ever was, or ever will be, invented.

From Evolution and Ethics by Huxley, Thomas Henry

He had sat by Maria day after day, wiping the cold dampness from her forehead and watching her self-restraining pride.

From Old Kaskaskia by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell