RESTRAINED in a Sentence

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In the first leap of her anger she was about to ring and order the woman out; but an obscure impulse restrained her.

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 Meanings and Examples of RESTRAINED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
restrained
 v.  keep under control; keep in check
Classic Sentence: (141 in 10 pages)
1  He had a fancy that she knew what had restrained him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
2  The things about him which she could not understand only made her love him more, and his odd, restrained courtship only served to increase her determination to have him for her own.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  Scarlett restrained herself from sniffing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
4  Only the respect due Miss Pittypat and his presence under her roof as a guest had restrained him from showing his feelings more obviously.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
5  With difficulty she restrained a smile of glee.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
6  There was a carefully restrained ferocity in his dark face, a ruthlessness which would have frightened her had she the wits to see it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
7  But she restrained herself and she found that twisting Yankee men around her finger was no more difficult than that same diversion had been with Southern men.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
8  He hurriedly summoned Dr. Meade and two other doctors, and with difficulty he was restrained from beating the unfortunate nurse with his crop.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
9  In the first leap of her anger she was about to ring and order the woman out; but an obscure impulse restrained her.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
10  With restrained amusement he was analyzing the noisy Mr. Zitterel.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
11  With me they had been like older brothers; had restrained their speech and manners out of care for me, and given me so much good comradeship.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: I
12  Jurgis was about to say, "I have the money for him," but he restrained himself.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
13  Heyward felt a burning desire to rush forward to meet them, so intense was the delirious anxiety of the moment; but he was restrained by the deliberate examples of the scout and Uncas.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
14  Ces messieurs-la," said Montcalm, following up the advantage which he conceived he had gained, "are most formidable when baffled; and it is unnecessary to tell you with what difficulty they are restrained in their anger.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15
15  But pride restrained him and he did not utter it.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. The Chateau D'If.
Example Sentence:
1  With an effort, he restrained himself.
2  I barely restrained myself from hitting him.
3  There are creatures so little, so weak, as to be easily restrained thus, and triumphed over; but the leviathan is not one of these: he is made to be the terror, not the sport and diversion, of mankind.
4  Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me.
5  Price rises should restrain consumer spending.
6  When he started fighting, it took four police officers to restrain him.
7  I had to restrain her from running out into the street.
8  No one had leisure to watch or restrain them.
9  The footage appears to show security personnel restrain a visibly upset boy while they carefully cut the belt from the youth's torso in Kirkuk. Once the belt has been removed, the boy is scooped up and taken away.
10  Morse placed a restraining hand on Lewis's arm.
11  She obtained a restraining order forbidding her partner from seeing their two children.
12  The police had difficulty in restraining the crowd from rushing on to the pitch.
13  They have obtained an injunction restraining the company from selling the product.