Sentence examples for restrained people from inspiring English sources

As a standup, Rock is verbally brash but physically restrained — "People like to see me composed," he says — and his stage movements are mainly limited to pacing, pointing, and squinting.

"There were people kicking off, people being restrained, people shouting and swearing," she said.

But even very restrained people, like the British brother and sister in Adam Haslett's ingenious "Devotion" (in "Best American"), can harbor momentous emotions and do terrible things.

We do have to restrain people.

"It's a myth that's been perpetuated to restrain people," said Mr. Waitt of the Wildflower Center.

He later said "flexicuffs" – handcuffs that strongly resemble cable-ties – were available and were occasionally used to restrain people.

Under Theresa May, public spending is all about restraint – that is, the state's ability to restrain people.

A central aspect of quarantines is the legitimacy of the restrictive measures, because you're always going to restrain people's ordinary rights (such as freedom of movement).

Antipsychotic medications are largely used for their sedative side effects to chemically restrain people when their behaviours are described as challenging by others.

A California statute specifically states that contracts restraining people "from engaging in a lawful profession, trade or business of any kind" are void.

Officers should be trained to exercise "discretion" in the way they restrain people, said Donna Lieberman, the executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union.