Sentence examples for restraining herself from inspiring English sources

She gripped the armrests of her chair as though restraining herself.

By restraining herself and making Eileen sympathetic, she gives "The Perfect Family" a seed of humanity.

He ruminates about how wise and understanding his mother was, restraining herself from being overprotective.

Still, it was clear how good an improvising singer she can be by restraining herself.

But she was decidedly modest, wearing long dresses and gesturing almost entirely with graceful arms and hands, restraining herself from motion below the shoulders.

She performed the work from memory and appeared to have internalized it completely, occasionally turning to the orchestra during tuttis and bopping along in highly rhythmic sections as if she were restraining herself from conducting the piece as well.

This time, she restrained herself.

At Au Bar," she adds, unable to restrain herself.

-- she cannot restrain herself from acting out her defiance.

When Mallam Sile related this to his wife, she restrained herself from telling him the truth.

She is genuinely restrained: she cannot restrain herself from showing self-restraint in virtually every case that comes before her.