Sentence examples for restraint meaning from inspiring English sources

All these cuts come after four years of budget restraint, meaning that savings are harder to come by.

As a candidate he embodies some of the longest-lasting, most picturesque -- and most reactionary and dangerous -- elements of the American political tradition: contempt for government; veneration of personal property over all else; freedom defined as the absence of restraint, meaning the 'freedom' to exploit.

James S. Bernstein New York, Oct. 29, 2008 • To the Editor: Senator John McCain has promised to nominate judges who practice judicial restraint — meaning they would put aside their own passions and prejudices.

But since taking office, Mr. Obama has relaxed his criteria by defining "restraint" as meaning invoking only "well-founded" theories of the powers the Constitution gives to the executive branch alone, meaning Congress may not infringe upon them.

Earlier in the day he called on settler leaders to "show restraint and responsibility," meaning to avoid ostentation and incitement.

A flat bottom restraint potential was used, meaning that the contribution of a given distance d ij to the restraint coordinate is zero if d ij exp t) – L < d ij calc(t) < d ij exp t) + U.

None of these, however, qualified as a top pick because none received a rating of good for rear impact, meaning their head restraints did not provide what the institute considered good protection in a rear-end collision.

Chenoweth writes with a restraint that allows minor gestures to become elegantly weighted with meaning.

Mr. Netanyahu issued an official request on Sunday to the settlers and to all factions in Israel to "show restraint and responsibility" regarding the end of the settlement freeze, meaning to avoid provocation.

For textiles and clothing, however, the current "voluntary" export restraints will not be completely phased out until the end of 2008, meaning that exports may not expand as rapidly as they would under a less restrictive regime.

Staff mostly justified their use of restraints by saying that it was because of the shortage of nurses and facilities, meaning that they could not provide a safe environment for their patients without using restraints.