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Example sentences for "restrain"

Lexicographically close words:
restorers; restores; restoreth; restoring; restos; restraine; restrained; restrainer; restraineth; restraining
  1. A little more, now; and Clee would be able to take the disk out; but would the slaves restrain themselves until then?

  2. Whereupon, before they could restrain him, he lifted a vial from a shelf over one of the cabinets and downed its contents.

  3. His neck corded with veins and muscles with his effort to restrain his body from obeying the mysterious command that was drawing it onward.

  4. It was an earnest of what was to follow, and probably did more to restrain the crawling demon Revolution than anything else could have done; for Britain ever loved her ships and her sailors.

  5. Although I am a man singularly free from conceit, still I must confess that, on this one occasion, I could not restrain myself from showing that this reception gratified me.

  6. Nothing, however, could restrain the superior mind and intelligence possessed by that exceptional boy.

  7. Upon this occasion, Hancock exerted himself with zeal and success to prevent this ill-temper, which had broken out between the classes least accustomed to restrain their feelings or the expression of them, from spreading any higher.

  8. Men can perfectly restrain the sensual part of their natures whenever they have a strong motive to do so.

  9. Miss Dimpleton left the room suddenly; her desire to laugh almost stifled her, and she could no longer restrain herself.

  10. There is vice at the bottom; but you restrain him.

  11. Notwithstanding his habitual self-command, Florestan could hardly restrain himself, which a man more accustomed to society than the duke would certainly have remarked.

  12. Nigel could scarce restrain a laugh in spite of his sympathy.

  13. Nigel, doing his best to restrain a laugh.

  14. But to restrain the French beyond their Alpine barrier was the favourite, as well as the natural policy of his Holiness, and it was that which tended most to the security of his brother's newly-acquired Lombard sovereignty.

  15. He could now no longer restrain himself and was about to jump over the balcony to the rescue.

  16. The lonely child had begun to sob while pouring out the grief that lay so near her heart, and the tears that she could no longer restrain were coursing, porori, porori, down her cheeks.

  17. But at these words she could restrain her emotion no longer, and sobbed aloud.

  18. As the swift bark glided along the shallow sea, I could scarce restrain my impatience from springing out and rushing on land.

  19. The marshals themselves, the hardened veterans of so many fights, could not restrain their enthusiasm; and proffers of devotion unto death accompanied him as he went.

  20. It was no sooner gone than I repented I had sent it, thinking it would have been wiser to endeavour to restrain my perhaps unrequited passion, than to run the risk of confirming it, by imparting it to another.

  21. To restrain over-eloquent or over-zealous preachers in the length of their discourses, hour-glasses were introduced in churches about the period of the Reformation.

  22. Had she known that the black figure was Janet and sought to restrain him lest he catch her?

  23. It was all he could do to restrain himself from seeking to attract the prior's attention in another direction; but his sound sense told him that this sudden interruption would be suspicious.

  24. He was usually very assiduous in exercising his jurisdiction; and took such delight in that image of sovereignty, that it was found necessary to restrain his activity, and prohibit him by law from holding courts too frequently [z].

  25. The king employed his authority to restrain them from pillaging and massacring the defenceless inhabitants; but he gave orders, in token of his victory, that the standard of England should be erected on the walls.

  26. Most of the other articles of this statute are calculated to restrain the oppressions of sheriffs, and the violence and iniquities committed in distraining cattle and other goods.

  27. The attempt to restrain her is like trying to grasp the wind, or to seize an object which is smeared with oil.

  28. And where we see wickedness, let no consideration of outward Christian profession or orthodoxy of belief restrain us from fully recognising that it is evil, or from courageously contending against it.

  29. Mark, it was never her business to care for or to restrain Isaac.

  30. After the birth of Ishmael, we may well suppose that Hagar's chief employment in Abraham's house was to look after the said Ishmael, to care for him and to restrain him.

  31. Then the guide proceeded to unfold a plot at which his younger hearers held their breath, and even the major himself, old and seasoned hand as he was, could scarcely restrain an exclamation of astonishment.

  32. Mr. Barkworth was for starting at once to meet the returning wanderer, but was persuaded to restrain his impatience and accept the German officer's hospitality.

  33. Rodolph could not restrain smiling at the powerful irony with which Madame d'Harville sketched the portrait of her mother-in-law.

  34. When I first heard the cries of her insulted modesty, I could not restrain myself, and, spite of all efforts to restrain myself, I yielded to the natural impetuosity of my disposition.

  35. Whenever I think of it, I can hardly restrain myself from killing you on the spot--you cursed old robber, you!

  36. Madame d'Harville could not restrain a smile at this singular apologue.

  37. I cannot restrain my tears, though I know not wherefore I weep.

  38. She was not an impulsive woman, and her life had schooled her to restrain her tongue.

  39. Helen could hardly restrain herself from saying out loud what she thought of a man who brought up his daughter so that at the age of twenty-four she scarcely knew that men desired women and was terrified by a kiss.

  40. As that would not be sufficient for my breakfast, I thought it would be wise to restrain my appetite till I had caught some more, as possibly when the sun rose higher they might not bite so readily.

  41. We could not restrain our Indian allies from rushing out to scalp the slain, though we warned them against surprise, and charged them not to touch the wounded; but I suspect they did not much heed our words.

  42. I could scarcely restrain my tears while you spoke.

  43. God knows, it is an excusable kind of robbery; yet it is right to restrain them.

  44. Second, as we continue to work with business to hold down prices, we'll build also on the historic national accord with organized labor to restrain pay increases in a fair fight against inflation.


  45. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "restrain" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abate; adjourn; adjust; allay; alleviate; alter; anchor; arrest; assuage; bind; blunt; bottle; bound; boundary; bridle; cage; catch; cause; censor; chain; chasten; check; choke; circumscribe; cloister; collect; compel; compose; condition; confine; confinement; constrain; constrict; contain; continence; control; cool; coop; copyright; cork; crib; curb; curtail; dam; damp; dampen; deaden; delay; deny; detain; deter; diminish; discipline; discourage; drive; dull; embargo; enclose; enforce; enjoin; extenuate; fasten; fetter; foil; forbear; forbid; force; gag; govern; guard; hamper; handcuff; handicap; have; hedge; hinder; hobble; hold; immure; impede; impel; impound; imprison; inhibit; intercept; interfere; intermeddle; interrupt; intervene; keep; lash; lay; leash; leaven; lessen; lighten; limit; limitation; lock; make; manacle; meddle; mitigate; moderate; moderation; modify; modulate; moor; narrow; oppose; palliate; patent; peg; pen; picket; pinion; pound; prescription; prevent; prohibit; proscription; pull; purify; qualification; qualify; rail; reduce; refrain; register; regulate; rein; repress; resist; restrain; restrict; restriction; retard; retrench; rope; scant; season; secure; shackle; silence; simplify; slacken; smother; snub; soften; specialize; stifle; stint; stop; straiten; strap; stultify; subdue; suppress; tame; temper; tether; thwart; tie; trammel; weaken; collect; compel; compose; condition; confine; confinement; constrain; constrict; contain; continence; control; cool; coop; copyright; cork; crib; curb; curtail; dam; damp; dampen; deaden; delay; deny; detain; deter; diminish; discipline; discourage; drive; dull; embargo; enclose; enforce; enjoin; extenuate; fasten; fetter; foil; forbear; forbid; force; gag; govern; guard; hamper; handcuff; handicap; have; hedge; hinder; hobble; hold; immure; impede; impel; impound; imprison; inhibit; intercept; interfere; intermeddle; interrupt; intervene; keep; lash; lay; leash; leaven; lessen; lighten; limit; limitation; lock; make; manacle; meddle; mitigate; moderate; moderation; modify; modulate; moor; narrow; oppose; palliate; patent; peg; pen; picket; pinion; pound; prescription; prevent; prohibit; proscription; pull; purify; qualification; qualify; rail; reduce; refrain; register; regulate; rein; repress; resist; restrain; restrict; restriction; retard; retrench; rope; scant; season; secure; shackle; silence; simplify; slacken; smother; snub; soften; specialize; stifle; stint; stop; straiten; strap; stultify; subdue; suppress; tame; temper; tether; thwart; tie; trammel; weaken


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    restrain himself; restrain them; restrained himself; restrained myself