Sentence examples for be restraining from inspiring English sources
verb
To control or keep in check.
Iran is believed to be restraining the group.
Merck plans to sell the Medco unit, which is said to be restraining earnings growth.
It became madness to restrain your own desires because surely your rivals over yonder would not be restraining theirs.
But the legal challenges, and the media attention they have received, may already be restraining central bank action.
The fear of similar policy moves elsewhere, especially if they come before economic growth is well established, seems to be restraining investors' exuberance.
Iran is believed to be restraining Hezbollah from attacking American troops, and that is prompting a debate within the Bush administration about Iran's objectives, administration officials said.
She had to be restrained.
Talib had to be restrained.
Borel had to be restrained.
Spending must be restrained.
The New York City Police Department needs to be restrained.
