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Example sentences for: restraining

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

And I still have a copy of the restraining order he obtained when I attempted, in an excess of neighborly zeal, to climb the fire escape in the loft next to his in that gritty industrial area he called home.
Employing interactive video- and touch-screen technology, the kiosks guide users through the bureaucracy of obtaining domestic-violence restraining orders, establishing child custody, responding to child support and eviction orders, initiating small-claims suits and requesting waivers for legal filing fees.
It's hard not to get choked up when you read Busey's promise to his estranged wife, "I'll be there when the restraining order has expired."
All this beneath a headline that is simply extraordinary in this age of lawyers restraining editors restraining reporters: "HOW WAYWARD US PILOT KILLED 20 ON SKI LIFT."
When you say that phone, letter, and direct contact are out of the question, Prudie infers that there may be a restraining order.