RESTRAINT in a Sentence

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53 example sentences for RESTRAINT, such as:

1. Their presence was a restraint both on her and on Lucy.
2. The government has imposed export restraints on some products.
3. Management is under pressure to set an example on pay restraint.
4. Children must use an approved child restraint or adult seat belt.
5. The Prime Minister is calling for new restraints on trade unions.

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 Meanings and Examples of RESTRAINT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
restraint
 n.  moderation or limitation; controlling force; loss of freedom; control of feelings
Classic Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
1  She meant to warn him that Laurie would not bear much restraint, and hoped he would be more forebearing with the lad.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
2  But this tactless fellow lays no restraint on himself when other people are present.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
3  The ease of his manner freed me from painful restraint: the friendly frankness, as correct as cordial, with which he treated me, drew me to him.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
4  Retaining every minute form of respect, every propriety of my station, I could still meet him in argument without fear or uneasy restraint; this suited both him and me.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
5  Between Elizabeth and Charlotte there was a restraint which kept them mutually silent on the subject; and Elizabeth felt persuaded that no real confidence could ever subsist between them again.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
6  In town I believe he chiefly lived, but his studying the law was a mere pretence, and being now free from all restraint, his life was a life of idleness and dissipation.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 35
7  Our importance, our respectability in the world must be affected by the wild volatility, the assurance and disdain of all restraint which mark Lydia's character.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 41
8  She now put no further restraint on her tears; her breath was stifled by sobs.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
9  Physical compulsion or restraint was effectual, of course, while it lasted.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VI. PEARL
10  Yet, he must leave them at the end of a week, in spite of their wishes and his own, and without any restraint on his time.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
11  Their presence was a restraint both on her and on Lucy.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36
12  I dare say we shall be often together, and I should like to banish any needless restraint between us.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
13  On the last night of my restraint, I was awakened by hearing my own name spoken in a whisper.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE
14  So we were left to take leave of one another without any restraint.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15. I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING
15  She now observed to me, aloud, resuming her former restraint, that it was useless to hear more, or to say more, and that she begged to put an end to the interview.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY
Example Sentence:
1  Children must use an approved child restraint or adult seat belt.
2  Management is under pressure to set an example on pay restraint.
3  Sometimes the care workers need to use physical restraint on the hospital patients.
4  Sometimes police officers have to use physical restraint to control dangerous prisoners.
5  The government followed a policy of restraint in public spending.
6  I shall show the higher part intellect plays in conjugal love, the control, restraint, forbearance, sacrifice.
7  John is a gourmand lacking self restraint; if he enjoys a particular cuisine, he eats far too much of it.
8  For Fatah senior leaders, this restraint is the path to a Palestinian state.
9  The Prime Minister is calling for new restraints on trade unions.
10  The government has imposed export restraints on some products.