Sentence examples for formal restraint from inspiring English sources

Though she was to form passionate attachments all her life, she kept them under rigid formal restraint.

Yet some formal restraint on executive pay seems unavoidable, even sensible, some finance experts and economists said.

It is a famous essay in formal restraint, admired by Mies van der Rohe and the Modernists.

The call for Less was not only a call to embrace formal restraint, but also the desire to make architecture a sober place where life could happen in all its unpredictable unfolding.

Mrs. S. has no set rules about arranging flowers, and feels that flower arranging over here has been too much affected by the formal restraint of the Japanese art.

He's best known in Britain for the exceptionally violent Ichi the Killer and for Audition, an essay in sexual psycho-horror that was all the more shocking (and I mean really shocking) for its chilly, formal restraint.

Less formal restraints have also affected the President's ability to conduct foreign policy unilaterally.

Within the movie's formal restraints, however, the acting is nearly flawless.

Every stuttering step, yearning reach and twist in Mr. Galichanin's body contrasts with his formal dignity and restraint.

It wasn't until summer 2014 that escort officers began to receive formal training in restraint techniques in confined spaces.

It took a 10 year lawsuit in the 1980s and a decision of a US federal court to end the AMA's formal campaign of restraint of trade against chiropractic.