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Example sentences for: restrain

How can you use “restrain” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

To refute this charge, all he has to do is restrain his temper in a few highly visible situations.
A pleasant thought, but one that relies on politicians to restrain themselves.
Better to let them restrain each other through inefficiency, caught in a morass of checks and balances, our freedom guarded not by fierce virtue but, rather, by simple unfeasibility.
The United States, which provides Seoul the military assistance it needs for strategic deterrence against North Korea, has been pressing North Korea to restrain its missile program.
If they say no, which would be quite within the bounds of propriety, you should either restrain yourself at the party or not go to it.