Examples of restrained in a Sentence
She was admired for her restrained behavior.
a restrained style of architecture
The room was decorated with restrained colors.
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The commissioner’s restrained view of the FTC’s mission was inconsistent with Roosevelt’s policy agenda, which was the reason the president gave for dismissing him.
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Jacob Sullum, Orange County Register, 24 Feb. 2025
Though the Franco-American relationship had cooled by then, Trump and Macron shook hands in a somewhat restrained manner.
2024: The Shake Seen Around The World
Last December, Trump, Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Paris ahead of the reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Zhang films the turbulent yet nuanced action in dry, restrained tableaux of an elusive lyricism, a poetry that, to match Beibei’s relentless pursuits, remains just out of reach.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
Some folks might overstate the likely influence of those who call for a more restrained U.S. approach to the world within a second Trump administration, the scholars wrote in the opinion piece.
—Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
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Jacob Sullum, Orange County Register, 24 Feb. 2025
Though the Franco-American relationship had cooled by then, Trump and Macron shook hands in a somewhat restrained manner.
2024: The Shake Seen Around The World
Last December, Trump, Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Paris ahead of the reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Zhang films the turbulent yet nuanced action in dry, restrained tableaux of an elusive lyricism, a poetry that, to match Beibei’s relentless pursuits, remains just out of reach.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
Some folks might overstate the likely influence of those who call for a more restrained U.S. approach to the world within a second Trump administration, the scholars wrote in the opinion piece.
—Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Restrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restrained. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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