Sentence examples for trying to contain from inspiring English sources

We were just trying to contain Shaq".

Only Mohammed appeared to be trying to contain his emotions.

He spoke sharply, as though trying to contain his fury.

That's great, except for companies trying to contain compensation costs.

But he is trying to contain his excitement before Thursday.

The government is trying to contain inflation by squeezing credit.

Or we spend money trying to contain our stuff before we store it.

Soltan's death galvanised the uprising as the Iranian authorities were desperately trying to contain it.

"Jack has been trying to contain the sentimentalism and emotionalism," Mr. Matthews says.

The government has been trying to contain the spread of the recordings.

When Peru had a cholera outbreak in 1991, it lost $1bn trying to contain it.