Synonym: in restraint, under control. Similar words: rain check, hold in check, unchecked, check, check-up, check-out, check out, check off. Meaning: adv. unable to act freely.
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61. Using deodorant (or deodorant with antiperspirant) every day can help keep body odor in check, too.
62. To make it worse, there were no police to keep them in check. Not one blue-helmeted officer in sight.
63. The aim of constitutionalism is not merely to hold the power of the government in check.
64. HIV patients around the world are put on a powerful drug cocktail that keeps the disease in check.
65. Rumours of a round-up of collaborators with Israel, including a Hamas member of parliament, keep Gazans edgily in check.
66. A thin veneer of law and order barely keeps the seething, bubbling cauldron of chaos and anarchy in check.
67. For example, the growth of population in China, which had been held in check by the shortage of irrigable rice fields, got a boost from new crops that could be grown on marginal soil.
68. The Yankees have a potent offense of their own, and Rays right-hander Jason Hammel will be charged with keeping those bats in check.
69. Constancy is therefore inconstancy held in check and confined to the same object.
70. Moreover, receiving feedback on each of the risks discussed thus far on a continuous basis is one sure-fire way to keep a code base's health in check automatically!
71. Customer account area where customers can log in check delivery status on their open orders and check past orders.
72. An interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check.
73. They're on the prowl at a handful of police stations, keeping pesky rodents in check.
74. A fat red-faced man in check breeches and gaiters , who looked like a publican, was stroking her nose and feeding her with sugar.
75. Only the cell bonds hold it in check, but if the bonds were ever breached.
76. They keep a timecard and receive paychecks, which they keep in check registers.
77. He's found someone with a bit of fight to keep him in check.
78. Enforcer: A tough combative player whose sole purpose is to keep the oppsition attack in check.
79. Beneficial insects are allowed to flourish to keep pest insects in check.
80. These bacteria, however, also play a protective role. Ordinarily our tongues harbor the yeastlike Candida fungus in small numbers[sentencedict.com], the population kept in check by the presence of bacteria.
81. Responsibilities : Provide quality service to the customer and courteously during check - in check - out and throughout their stay.
82. The Federal Reserve is empowered by Congress to keep inflation in check, but its definition is even more wanting than the monetarist view.
83. His famous temper is in check, even when he disagrees with someone's analysis of something.
84. Electricity, diesel and gasoline prices have all been held in check.
85. It's easy to understand and the minimalist approach keeps the whimsicality in check.
86. These verbs mean to hold in check something requiring or struggling to find an outlet.
87. Such a countermove, a measure known as sterilization(sentencedict.com), would be help keep inflationary side effects in check.
88. Through real production, eccentricity of H - section steel web plate was held in check.
89. The strength in his legs was more than he could hold in check.
90. The citizens ofSparta trained solely in war from childhood to become some of the mostfeared soldiers of the ancient world, largely to keep their vastly morenumerous helot serfs or slaves in check.
More similar words: rain check, hold in check, unchecked, check, check-up, check-out, check out, check off, recheck, check-in, checkup, checked, check up, checkout, check in, checking, bank check, check book, checkered, checkroom, check into, checkmate, checkbook, check up on, checkpoint, crosscheck, spell check, cash a check, double check, double-check.