Sentence examples for mood of restraint from inspiring English sources

The money is older here, creating a mood of restraint, where in Miami and Venice you have unapologetic frivolity.

In this week's Comment, I express the hope that, in the fragile new post-Tucson mood of restraint, the House debate on repealing the health-care law will not only be "calm" but also "truly a discussion".

By Hendrik Hertzberg January 19 , 2011In this week's Comment, I express the hope that, in the fragile new post-Tucson mood of restraint, the House debate on repealing the health-care law will not only be "calm" but also "truly a discussion".

Ordinary Japanese have cut back on inessential spending, in a mood of sacrificial restraint.

His people-oriented approach provides plenty of space for the film's performances to breathe, but with the heavy mood of downbeat restraint there is limited scope for the actors to fully take flight.

As Poniewozik wrote, the pluses of the drama mainly revolve around its mood of impassioned restraint and excellent lead performances.

The prevailing mood of calm and restraint ends with the menu, a dizzy document with more thrills and spills than a condemned roller coaster.

Subdued colors and patterns — like Adam Kimmel's black-dyed Hawaiian prints — express a general mood not of gloom, but of restraint.

For while the peaceful mood was welcome, it belies a very deliberate act of restraint from the police - who tactically avoided walking into a trap.

Bed rails, while an obvious type of restraint, are but one example; chemical restraints (mood- or behavior-altering drugs) are another.

With these and other gestures of restraint, King Gyanendra has seemed sensitive to the public mood.