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Discover LudwigThe phrase "already restrained" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a state of being limited or controlled that has occurred prior to the current moment.
Example: "The suspect was already restrained by the time the officers arrived on the scene."
Alternatives: "previously confined" or "already limited".
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The wait, once again, is frustrating, but at least the military is already restrained by court order from enforcing the unconstitutional rule.
"When you have someone who is already restrained – her hands handcuffed behind her back, her feet shackled, a spit hood over her head – there's nothing she could do.
For my pain de Gênes to be paired with Champagne, I tamed the already restrained sweetness of the cake by adding a sprinkling of fleur de sel to the topping.
Earlier that season, he slapped a fan already restrained by four stewards, and, though he has since revealed a softer side, represented a scholarly voice when it came to the identification of a bad lot.
The taxi driver was already restrained, there was no need for them to proceed with dragging him behind the van and the assaults that apparently took place afterwards".
The Justice Department found a pattern of excessive force including the use of firearms, tasers, fists, and chemical spray that unnecessarily escalated nonviolent situations, including against the mentally ill and people who were already restrained.
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The tall men were already restraining the man, though it was obvious he meant no harm but was operating from panic deep inside some sort of seizure.
A flood of imports from Asian countries that had devalued their currencies in the late 90's was already restraining inflation.
So the Fed needs to ask itself why, after six years of recovery, do businesses and households need it to intervene with higher borrowing costs if they are already restraining themselves from borrowing more.
Only at a high bias voltage of − 300 V the coating on HNBR rubber became column-free whereas a bias voltage of − 100 V could already restrain the columnar structure and thus produced dense and smooth coatings on Si wafer.
In Europe, where numbers were already more restrained, Germany's inmates swelled by just 16%, and France's by 1%.
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