Sentence examples for a restrained strategy from inspiring English sources

Then-President Ronald Reagan was largely able to carry out such a restrained strategy during the long and bloody Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s.

Of course, adopting a more restrained strategy would have interfered with the real purpose of U.S. actions vis-à-vis the decrepit Soviet "superpower" -- often derisively called "Upper Volta with missiles" in national security circles.

The Sri Lankan government defeated the LTTE through brute force, rather than a restrained civilian-centric strategy.

In fact, a recent analysis by Benjamin Friedman of the Cato Institute suggests that the Pentagon could scale back spending substantially if the United States were to pursue a more restrained defense strategy that focuses on core security interests.

She gave a restrained yawn.

Aruán Ortiz is a restrained pianist.

"It was such a restrained show.

There was a restrained guard of honour.

I smiled in a restrained way.

Strangely demure, in a restrained black Vivienne Westwood.

He's a restrained tippler these days.