Similar words: unrestrained, strained, restrain, restraint, constrainedly, dire straits, strain every nerve, grained. Meaning: [rɪ'streɪnd] adj. 1. cool and formal in manner 2. under restraint 3. marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes 4. not showy or obtrusive 5. free from ostentation or pretension 6. prudent.
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(91) When the Bill was debated in committee and on report, language was again more restrained.
(92) Ernest Newton was a quiet and restrained product of the artistic circle within which he worked.
(93) The official response was restrained, even though strikes were technically outlawed by security legislation passed in 1979.
(94) He was finally restrained by police after he grabbed Mrs Rodham as she waited for a bus.
(95) The only criticism was one he had never encountered before: He was too restrained.
(96) Daak was unusually restrained, standing behind Ace with a hand on her shoulder and a puzzled frown on his face.
(97) In other families, the tone is decidedly more restrained when it comes to expressing anger. Sentencedict.com
(98) In contrast with the restrained, clipped hautecouture shots of the Fifties, Bailey's pictures generated boldness, brashness, sexuality.
(99) I wanted to go to her, but I restrained myself.
(100) City player-manager Peter Reid also piled in - and Townsend was still being restrained after Simpson had been cautioned.
(101) I got my Chelsea ticket through the post and had to be restrained from ripping it up by my girlfriend.
(102) She constantly restrained her eating for fear of putting on weight.
(103) One onlooker had to be restrained by police as Mrs Wignall was led away.
(104) He restrained himself from searching the pockets until he arrived home, in case it mightn't work in the open.
(105) Yet the vocabulary the chancellor uses is still closed in, tight and restrained.
(106) As we shall see, judicial intervention was not noticeably restrained at this time in other political cockpits.
(107) The frequency-dependence in the advantage of unrestrained fighting is probably not the only reason why natural fighting is restrained.
(108) I would so like to see Alida lead a fuller life, less anxious and restrained.
(109) Wit must be restrained by judgment and this is where the ancient rules can help.
(110) The drawings with their restrained colours give a feeling of peace and contemplation.
(111) But few of the students were accustomed to thinking in critical terms; others, like Philip, were restrained by tact.
(112) Moreover, landlords were restrained by the knowledge that they would attract good tenants only if they had a reputation for fairness.
(113) The capacity utilization report showed economic growth moderating from a fourth-quarter surge last year and suggested restrained price pressures.
(114) Toward women he was nobly restrained and chivalrous.
(115) With difficulty she restrained a smile of glee.
(116) They were restrained by a prohibition in their charter.
(117) Mining backfilling is restrained by relatively high filling cost.
(118) Livy thought Caroline's greeting seemed a little restrained.
(119) Her manner was commendably restrained.
(120) Thus restrained and simplified, the thing sounded more credible.
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