Sentence examples for restrained and very from inspiring English sources

She recounts the stories in a proper, restrained and very Harmanesque manner, but the quiet outrage is still fresh in her voice.

Vaccarello cleverly drained the over-saturated palette from these sultry mini skirts and belly-bearers, rendering the trademark Greek key and lion heads in a restrained and very welcome black-and-white.

Ragged, grungey anthems like Someday I Will Treat You Good are moments of glorious release, but many of the other songs are slow, restrained and very sad, with Linkous' vocals reduced to a half-whispered croon.

Nickson described its instrumentation as "restrained" and "very Motownish," as well as noting its soft gospel infusion.

Marine Le Pen was sat in what looked more like the interviewer's seat, dignified against a generic background: rich, blank, depthless blue, with a trio of French flags – very stateswomanlike, very restrained and legitimate – just out of focus behind her.

My parents are very Australian, in that sense: very restrained and laid-back, I suppose.

Serious, restrained and intelligent, though never very exciting, he was one of Hollywood's most enduring stars.

Thankfully, it's all very restrained and the rooms feel far more modern than those at the Dorchester, that festival of chintz a few doors down the road.

"I think I am very restrained and I talk about important things," Trump replied, returning to his common refrain of biased reporting.

"From what I saw of the clip, he seemed to be very restrained and thoughtful while he was defending himself," Johnson said. .

Ehud Olmert, the prime minister, called the raid "an act of war" and talked of "restrained" but "very painful" consequences for both Lebanon and Syria.It is a pattern that is dogging Israel more and more.