Sentence examples for restrained rather than from inspiring English sources

In contrast to sauvignon blancs from elsewhere, and particularly from New Zealand, good Sancerres are characteristically restrained rather than exuberant, perfumed with citrus and chalk rather than bold fruit.

Her power was restrained rather than overbearing, similar to Patrick Stewart's Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation the series I grew up with.

Percival's 1949 memoir, The War in Malaya, did little to quell this criticism, being a restrained rather than self-serving account of the campaign.

Constantinople had probably grown to a population of between 200,000 and 500,000; in the 5th century the emperors sought to restrain rather than promote its growth.

To the contrary, [for him] the function of law is to restrain, rather than enable, the goal-seeking behavior of governments".

However, although not significant, the women with BPAN did report higher restraint scores than the women with RAN, and this could reflect the subjective experience of an effort to restrain rather than actual restraint.

The only other difference is the word "restrain" rather than the word "sustain".

These are wines that for the most part are balanced and restrained, complementary rather than dominant.

For all that it carries, his work is restrained, suggestive rather than forceful, every black-and-white print at once a world in itself and part of a bigger narrative about man's destructive relationship with nature.

Shunning the flamboyance of New York and Philadelphia, upper-caste Bostonians went for objects that were restrained and tasteful rather than adventurous; the handsome, beautifully finished pieces on view here seem as homogeneous as Bostonians themselves, whose ancestry was overwhelmingly British (Glueck).

Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes, but taxes must also be part of our national debate.