Examples of 'restrain' in a sentence

Meaning of "restrain"

Restrain (verb): To prevent someone or something from doing something, often by exerting control or force
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  • To control or keep in check.
  • To deprive of liberty.
  • To restrict or limit.
  • To strain again.

How to use "restrain" in a sentence

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I could scarce restrain the rushing of my feet.
Restrain yourself from all further actions.
I suggest you try to restrain that tendency.
Fully restrain the child at all times.
They promote and restrain each other.
Duty to restrain the activities of family members.
Be sure to do it before they restrain your hands.
Control and restrain activities by rebel groups.
Seems the girls are trying to restrain him.
Control and restrain activities by armed militias.
Not enough to seriously restrain the victim.
One must restrain himself of any envy.
He simply lacks an ability to restrain his impulses.
May he restrain our tongues from strife.
She wants you to restrain that guy.

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Can restrain chained men in weakened condition.
The witness will restrain his comments.
More restrain on the power of the authorities.
I have seen you restrain loose cannons.
Restrain the child as necessary in this position.
You can not restrain slashed wrists.
Restrain yourself as long as possible in interpreting others.
We will nevertry to restrain any possible grace.
Restrain not thy hand from doing good.
That will not restrain your moves.
Restrain physical ability through spiritual attainment.
A rape stand used to restrain uncooperative females.
I am the one you will have to restrain.
I have to restrain myself with all my strength.
There is nothing that can restrain you.
Let us restrain our curiosity until later.
Deploy all antiviral tools and restrain.
But they can restrain the heartless.
This means he was not trying to restrain her.
I had to restrain myself from looking at you.
Consolidation have tended to restrain consumer spending.
We need to restrain this syndrome within ourselves.
I do not want to have to restrain you again.
Do not restrain or hold a child during a convulsion.
Tom could not restrain his anger.
Which restrain the importation of corn or grain.
So how can they restrain his speech.
My paralysis is a result of our last attempt to restrain it.
You can not restrain from love.
I threw my back out trying to restrain him.
We should restrain her and take command.
The captain says we should restrain him.
I can not restrain him for long.
It produces a powerful enough current to restrain him.
I would definitely restrain someone off of this.

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