Sentence examples for man's restraint from inspiring English sources

But the situation is too dangerous to depend on one man's restraint.

There is even a possibility that Coughlin has learned how to better control himself by experiencing Manning's extraordinary restraint in the heat of the moment.

There's restraint.

According to Diderot, colonial empires frequently become the sites of extreme brutality because the colonists are far away from legal institutions and informal sanctions and this weakens the habits of restraint, exposing natural man's full instinct for violence (Muthu 2003).

His greatest asset is his natural restraint -- a grown man's gift.

A state report found the overweight man's girth prevented a T-bar restraint from fitting firmly.

Donald Trump, a man with minimal restraint, has been awarded maximal power.

Then, unprompted by questions, the maulana began an enthusiastic self-defense, portraying himself as a reasonable man of virtuous restraint.

But Gaddafi was not a man to whom restraint came easily.

Whereas the men conveyed restraint, the women, particularly the mother, were quite emotional.

As Australian author Steve Biddulph says in his book Raising Boys, one of the most important things we learn as men is restraint.