How to Use restrained in a Sentence

restrained

adjective

• The room was decorated with restrained colors.
• She was admired for her restrained behavior.
• The White House readout of the call was more restrained.
  — Matthew Lee and Lolita C. Baldor, Time, 5 Mar. 2020
• And there’s a solid but restrained dose of hops on the finish.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2022
• Make sure the dog is restrained and out of reach of a mail carrier.
  — Olivia Munson, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2021
• Of the four, the Prologue is the most restrained in its design compared to the bold and brash Blazer.
  — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• The real music to the Fed’s ears is the sounds of the restrained holiday spending.
  — Gary Drenik, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, was more restrained.
  — Monika Pronczuk, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• What must a restrained person do to get his or her gun or guns back?
  — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2024
• To that end, Biden has dabbled in a strange mix of restrained and hawkish rhetoric.
  — W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 17 Feb. 2022
• The rest of the event took a decidedly less restrained tone.
  — New York Times, 5 July 2021
• On the more restrained end, Chanel designed a boot covered in curly black fur.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2022
• The design of the Civic looks more restrained and upscale than the current model.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 17 Nov. 2020
• The restrained culture of Geneva was a whole new concept to me.
  — Edy Massih, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2024
• The prose is plain, direct but restrained, and much goes unsaid.
  — Lidija Haas, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
• Putin was still the usual Putin, if a bit more restrained than usual.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 16 June 2021
• The ballad is a duet with soft harmonies and restrained pianos.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
• This year, Williams was more restrained but still far from happy.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2023
• The researchers behind the new studies were more restrained.
  — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 27 July 2023
• Rather than subtle and restrained, the humor is slapstick and tired.
  — Holly Thomas, CNN, 19 July 2022
• But Dark Phoenix, taking a page from Logan, goes for a more restrained route.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2019
• Most other times, with most other tracks, they were asked to be more restrained.
  — Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, 22 Nov. 2023
• But Shanahan is being very restrained in his use of the rookie.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Sep. 2021
• Its restrained look fits in anywhere, and the keys provide a perfect amount of feedback.
  — Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
• The series is more restrained and (to its credit) moves far more quickly.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
• The early days of Taliban control have seemed restrained in some places.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2021
• The show’s voice is cool, judicious and wry, with a restrained and lightly risqué sense of humor.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 14 July 2019
• David Pritchard, the Kayruz family’s lawyer, was less restrained.
  — Bruce Selcraig, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Nov. 2021
• In this case, the Mechanical Watch Box goes for restrained elegance.
  — David Szondy, New Atlas, 22 Jan. 2025
• The restrained approach has left Hermès facing one of the challenges in luxury retail: demand that far outpaces supply.
  — Ty Gaskins, WWD, 20 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Mar 2025