Example sentences for: restrained

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

  • For sure, however, Microsoft has mainly been restrained by the knowledge that any crude use of its power would indeed land it in court.

  • Annan was chosen partly because the United States thought he would be "more secretary than general," but he has proved to be a wily negotiator, restrained and persuasive.

  • Funchal is much too restrained for that and, besides, its party is strictly small scale.

  • That people want zealous advocates to defend their interests, and as a consequence, zealousness tends to gain the upper hand in the battle between aggressive advocacy and restrained, dignified legal conduct.

  • Belgrade, no longer restrained by Tito's aversion to exacerbating ethnic conflict, cracked down.


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