Restrained

Examples

• Selden continued with a smile: You see no such scruples restrained me; but then I haven't as much to risk if I incur your displeasure. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Every one now sat down, Mr. Bulstrode presiding, pale and self-restrained as usual. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Martin threw a strange look at him, and trembled through all his slight lad's frame; but he restrained himself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But I was restrained, when I thought of the heroic and suffering Elizabeth, whom I tenderly loved, and whose existence was bound up in mine. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• My uncle was almost persuaded that you were indeed dangerously ill, and could hardly be restrained from undertaking a journey to Ingolstadt. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Jo wanted to laugh, but restrained herself and said warmly, for she too, was getting excited with all this, Don't swear, Teddy! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It is full time, said De Bracy, that the 'outrecuidance' [19] of these peasants should be restrained by some striking example. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The deputy restrained the animal's impetuosity, and the principal ran to assist Mr. Winkle in mounting. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mary in her turn was silent, wondering not at Mr. Farebrother's manner but at his tone, which had a grave restrained emotion in it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Having with difficulty restrained an explosion of merriment, lest it should offend her majesty, Laurie tapped and was graciously received. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It would be better for me, they tell me, if I restrained myself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• This must have restrained both Germany and Holland at first from American adventures. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• All the other passions, besides this of interest, are either easily restrained, or are not of such pernicious consequence, when indulged. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Curiosity and wonder possessed all hearts, but respect restrained all tongues till the holy rite was over. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I would have delayed; I wished to recommend watchfulness to Perdita, but his presence restrained me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• When the law has restrained them from doing this, they have become altogether useless and insignificant. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Her eyes were red and swollen; and it seemed as if her tears were even then restrained with difficulty. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Luxury building and speculative company promotion had been restrained. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mr. Bounderby being restrained by this mild suggestion, Mr. Gradgrind found an opening for his eminently practical exposition of the subject. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• This accomplished, we arrive at the definition: Heat is a motion, expansive, restrained, and acting in its strife upon the smaller particles of bodies. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Not so, thought I, but I restrained deprecation, and sat quietly enough. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• They were restrained from internecine conflict, which was all to their own good. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• That was my Indian Messalina's attribute: rooted disgust at it and her restrained me much, even in pleasure. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The English puritans, restrained at home, fled for freedom to America, and established there the four governments of New England. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The importation of other sorts of grain was restrained at rates and by duties, in proportion to the value of the grain, almost equally high. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• For instance, he was quiet and subdued--his eyes and his voice expressed a restrained sensibility. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Emma restrained her indignation, and only turned from her in silence. Jane Austen. Emma.
• In the first leap of her anger she was about to ring and order the woman out; but an obscure impulse restrained her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Thus restrained and simplified, it sounded more credible: I felt as I went on that Miss Temple fully believed me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Thoughts that I had hitherto restrained, thoughts that made my position harder than ever to endure, crowded on me now that I was alone. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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