restrain

restrain
01. Grace grabbed her friend by the arm to [restrain] him after someone tried to start a fight with him in the bar.
02. Police had to [restrain] the victim's family members when the suspect was brought into court.
03. It was hard for her to [restrain] her emotions when she saw her sister for the first time in 20 years.
04. The governor wants to put [restraints] on public service workers' right to strike.
05. I want you to use some [restraint] when you talk to your boss about your concerns.
06. The government has put wage [restraints] on workers in the public sector.
07. An Australian psychiatrist once said that with attractive women, juries sometimes have to be [restrained] from handing them a medal for their crimes.
08. Myriam Beard once said that one must learn, if one is to see the beauty in Japan, to like an extraordinarily [restrained] and delicate loveliness.
09. Our dog hates the mailman, and has to be [restrained] every time he comes to the door.
10. Three guards were needed to [restrain] the prisoner after he attacked a fellow inmate.
11. The leader of the army has tried to [restrain] his men from committing attacks on those who surrender.
12. Attempts by the Samoan government to develop a larger and broader economy are [restrained] by the island nation's remote location.
13. The Opposition has been [unrestrained] in its criticism of the government's economic policy.
14. The President's visit was greeted with [unrestrained] enthusiasm.
15. The police had to use a lot of [restraint] in dealing with the demonstrators in order to avoid having the protest turn into a riot.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • restrain — re·strain /ri strān/ vt 1 a: to prevent from doing something see also restraining order at order 3b b: to limit, restrict, or keep under control 2: to moderate or limit …   Law dictionary

  • restrain — re‧strain [rɪˈstreɪn] verb [transitive] to control or limit something that is starting to increase: • tough rules to restrain the creation of monopolies • A cut in consumer credit would restrain an economic recovery. * * * restrain UK US… …   Financial and business terms

  • restrain — restrain, curb, check, bridle, inhibit are comparable when they mean to hold a person or thing back from doing something or from going too far in doing something. Restrain, the most comprehensive of these terms, may imply the intent either to… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • restrain — [ri strān′] vt. [ME restreinen < OFr restreindre < L restringere < re , back + stringere, to draw tight: see STRICT] 1. to hold back from action; check; suppress; curb 2. to keep under control 3. to deprive of physical liberty, as by… …   English World dictionary

  • Restrain — Re*strain , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Restrained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Restraining}.] [OE. restreinen, F. restreindre, fr. L. restringere, restrictum; pref. re re + stringere to draw, bind, or press together. See {Strain}, v. t., and cf. {Restrict}.] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • restrain — (v.) mid 14c., from stem of O.Fr. restraindre, from L. restringere draw back tightly, confine, check (see RESTRICTION (Cf. restriction)). Related: Restrained; restraining …   Etymology dictionary

  • restrain — [v] keep under control; hold back arrest, bind, bottle up, box up, bridle, chain, check, choke back, circumscribe, confine, constrain, contain, control, cool*, cork*, crack down*, curb, curtail, debar, delimit, detain, deter, direct, fetter, gag …   New thesaurus

  • restrain — ► VERB 1) keep under control or within limits. 2) deprive of freedom of movement or personal liberty. 3) repress (a strong emotion). DERIVATIVES restrainable adjective restrainer noun. ORIGIN Latin restringere tie back …   English terms dictionary

  • restrain — [[t]rɪstre͟ɪn[/t]] restrains, restraining, restrained 1) VERB If you restrain someone, you stop them from doing what they intended or wanted to do, usually by using your physical strength. [V n] Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and… …   English dictionary

  • restrain — verb ADVERB ▪ barely ▪ I barely restrained myself from hitting him. ▪ properly ▪ The horse must be properly restrained in a location where it would not hurt itself. ▪ forcibly …   Collocations dictionary

  • restrain — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English restraynen, from Anglo French restreindre, from Latin restringere to restrain, restrict, from re + stringere to bind tight more at strain Date: 14th century 1. a. to prevent from doing, exhibiting, or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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