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Example sentences for: restraining

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The NYT off-lead says that the U.S. will abandon U.N. arms inspections as a means of restraining Iraq in favor of traditional methods like sanctions and force.
And actress Halle Berry, who had obtained a restraining order against her ex-husband, Cleveland Indians outfielder David Justice, during their acrimonious divorce, was recently seen dating him, according to the Star . Also in a forgiving mood is singer Whitney Houston, who, report the Star and Enquirer , was seen in Paris with her often-arrested husband Bobby Brown, only weeks after the tabs promised their marriage had come to an end.
But restraining himself, he seems too restrained.
Ellen Barkin will, one day soon (if there's a God in heaven, and Revlon's stock continues to plummet as a feckless addlepated heir drives a once-thriving company into the ground with his big bald head) be changing her name to Ellen Cohen, if I can just get the judge to lift that restraining order.
The center will be close to the Essex Probate and Family Court, where many matters involving domestic violence victims, from restraining order applications to child custody disputes, are heard.