Sentence examples for good restraint from inspiring English sources

Mr. Denève held the end of the finale, "The Fairy Garden," which can so easily be overblown, in good restraint.

The disfavor for intervention among American politicians and the public is understandable and a good restraint.

If you're going to set out some house rules on iPad usage, you will need to be showing good restraint and reduced usage in front of your child, so that he or she can see this is fair.

The song displayed that peculiarly American blend of "good girl" restraint and "bad girl" libido ("My body's saying let's go/ But my heart is saying no").

The cuisine of the owner and chef, Enrico Chianale, seems austere, but it is very good: sophisticated restraint in place of crowd-pleasing pyrotechnics.

Neither side is good at restraint during times of cease fire, but when it comes to such agreements Israel holds most of the cards.

Six of his top eight players are freshmen or sophomores, and Boeheim, a two-time Final Four coach, has shown the same good-natured restraint whether Syracuse falls behind by 17 points, as it did against Oklahoma State, or nearly blows a 12-point lead, as it did against Auburn.

This is a long list for sure: To be temperate means that the leader must have very good self-restraint and self-discipline.

Once he gets its attention, he hesitates and stumbles, playing out for us the eternal war between his ambitions and his good-guy restraints.

Good taste requires restraint, tact, discretion.

He added, "Our good will and restraint policy ended us up with more escalation".