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were restrained
verb
To control or keep in check.
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Republicans were restrained and somber.
The moldings were restrained and elegantly profiled.
The Syrians were restrained in response.
Both players were restrained by teammates.
Nevertheless, officials were restrained in their optimism.
Conversation was formal; manners were restrained.
But over all, the Mets were restrained, including Piazza.
Feminine details, like collars and bib fronts, were restrained.
So now, she said, even in the hiring wave last fall, employers were restrained.
"Their heads were restrained by locking boards in place like medieval stocks," she later wrote.
Others were restrained during labor, delivery or postpartum recovery, even in states that ban the practice.
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