Sentence examples for Exceptional restraint from inspiring English sources

I showed exceptional restraint by only eating two dozen, and a plate of fried green tomatoes, a bowl of excellent gumbo and two howitzers of beer.

He complained that, despite the "exceptional restraint" that his country has shown battling Palestinian terrorists, it has been criticized more for its weeklong military operation than the United States has for its six-month campaign in Afghanistan.

A campaign conducted by U.S. intelligence services and military forces with exceptional patience, restraint and care in targeting is vilified for political gain and ideological pleasure.

But if it's successful, we'll just have to adjust and return to our Puritan roots of practising exceptional sexual restraint.

It's a touching and adventurous little film called Bluebird, filled with exceptional acting and restraint and intensely human drama.

Others say Internet companies, like governments, should be flexible enough to exercise restraint under exceptional circumstances, especially when lives are at stake.

As with most First Amendment jurisprudence, the decision recognized that there could be exceptional circumstances in which prior restraints may be allowable, notably in the context of national security.

In Switzerland, according to a new law valid since January 2013, the use of physical restraints is allowed under exceptional circumstances only for residents who are at risk of harming themselves or others [ 21].

However, enjoining proceedings in another state requires an exceptional circumstance that outweighs the threat to judicial restraint and comity principles.

Although surprising in terms of its challenge to conventional wisdom about a proliferation pandemic, our conclusion is consistent with the historically slow pace of proliferation and the exceptional circumstances that must pertain for states to abandon nuclear restraint.

His painting showed exceptional mastery of space and light and exuded naturalness and restraint, both in its objectivity and choice of colors, often browns and ochers.