Sentence examples for restraint work from inspiring English sources

Ms. Marling, raising her voice only occasionally and keeping her gestures largely relaxed, makes restraint work for her, which fits the movie's increasingly claustrophobic vibe.

That restraint works better in her bourbon pecan pie, a rare version that holds the sugar in check.

Democrats also say the emerging Republican approach to spending restraint works against other segments of the economy.

That restraint works especially well in "Go, Went, Gone," where overt passion might so easily become preachment.

Murray's new restraint worked because he was acting consciously against type, against the audience's memories of his hysterical performances in films like Caddyshack and Ghostbusters.

The researchers said this was caused by the wearing of mouthpieces, bits, inserted for harnessing with a bridle or similar restraint to control working animals.

The US embassy in Kathmandu issued a statement that appealed for the parties to exercise restraint and work toward consensus.

These still-lifes are a triumph of freedom achieved through restraint — the work of an artist in full command, seeing with burning clarity just three months before he ended his life.

An astute balance of showmanship and restraint, this work seems to present a God's-eye view, eerily evoking years before fact the famous "Earthrise" photograph taken during the 1968 Apollo 8 mission.

It voiced the hope that both the government and the Taliban will show restraint and work to frustrate "all internal and external attempts to sabotage the exercise".

Yet when it comes to immersing the reader, this lack of restraint often works.