Sentence examples for restrained so from inspiring English sources

And I've tried to be responsible and somewhat restrained so that folks don't get spooked.

Those groups — eager for a seat at the table, eager to sound constructive — have been remarkably restrained so far.

Certainly the official line used to be that London's development should be restrained so that the shires would not be left behind.

"With the economy the way it is, budgets are restrained, so we might use some of that money to buy vehicles one year".

The use of perspective was purposefully restrained, so that the essential overall surface unity of the design was not violently upset, for the use of flat, patterned diaper grounds effectively counterbalanced the suggestion of spatial effect.

Gauthier uses his arsenal of 22nd-century skills to cook food that is balanced, subtle and restrained, so much so that we debated whether some flavour and oomph was missing.

Goats can be very temperamental and difficult to restrain, so if you can get someone else to help you, doing so is advisable.

Steven Erlanger (NYT) KOSOVO: PRESS CRACKDOWN -- In a contentious campaign to curb growing violence against the Serb minority, the head of the United Nations mission in Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner, announced the drafting of "emergency legislation" to restrain so-called hate speech in the Albanian-language media.

The atmosphere runs restrained enough so that any outburst — as in the latter half of "Be Brave," with its martial cadence — lands hard.

In a 1945 letter to a colleague at Harvard Medical School, Lee said that she was "constantly tempted to add more clues and details" but that she restrained herself so that the Nutshells wouldn't get too "gadgety".

While Barba clearly doesn't believe this completely, Liv testifies under oath saying she was handcuffed to the bed, heard them approach the house, freed herself, and restrained Lewis so Viva and Luisa could escape.