Examples of 'restrain himself' in a sentence

Meaning of "restrain himself"

restrain himself: To control or hold back one's actions, emotions, or impulses

How to use "restrain himself" in a sentence

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restrain himself
One must restrain himself of any envy.
Tom could no longer restrain himself.
Horace must restrain himself from guzzling every morsel he comes across.
One man could not restrain himself.
He had to restrain himself from putting his hand over her mouth and saying, “ Sorry.
Tom could not restrain himself.
The professor watched the cup overflowing until he could no longer restrain himself.
One can not restrain himself.
They hoped that because he was an ally he would restrain himself.
Teach him to restrain himself.
But this watch so fascinated him that he could not restrain himself.
Rouletabille could not restrain himself any further.
Once he caught a boy who was sick with diarrhoea and was unable to restrain himself.
Horace must restrain himself.
I would ask the member for Abbotsford to try to restrain himself.

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Gérôme can not restrain himself from adding the tragedy.
It is difficult for him to restrain himself.
Jeremiah could not restrain himself from expressing how he felt.
Even if it was extremely hard for him to restrain himself.
One man could not restrain himself when he saw the enemy.
A man who sees himself as evil will restrain himself.
I told Jim to restrain himself from drinking too much.
Then he could no longer restrain himself.
Yet, he has to restrain himself in his attraction to her.
Martin could barely restrain himself.
One must restrain himself of any envy. "And model his behavior.
Tom was unable to restrain himself.
I would ask the member for Hamilton Centre to restrain himself.
He needs to restrain himself.
This was too much ; the provost could no longer restrain himself.
When he demonstrates that he can restrain himself their trust in him will grow.
Vood like to be a leader, but he could not restrain himself.
Tell Elran that he should restrain himself in the Odessa offensive.
If your prince can not poop in a bucket, let him restrain himself.
Therefore, the great priest could not restrain himself from attaining the pleasure and so he died.
After miles of walking, Ekido could no longer restrain himself.
Why did David restrain himself from taking vengeance?
Even the pilot became involved and asked the man to restrain himself but he refused.
Pinner? Dwight! Horace must restrain himself from guzzling every morsel he comes across.
This time Ivan Ilyitch could not restrain himself.
Cause Eddie does not restrain himself when he 's working that way.
I take it as a man 's duty to restrain himself.
Finally Joseph can restrain himself no longer and declares, “ I am Joseph . ”.
Let him join us, so that he does not have to restrain himself so hard.
Amazingly Mr. Heckenlively managed to restrain himself from repeating “ the “ antifreeze in vaccines ” gambit.
The first few years, what Su chose to do was restrain himself.
User tries to restrain himself.
If this officer sees you again, I don't think he will be able to restrain himself.
Will he retaliate, or will he restrain himself and walk away?
I would ask the member for New Westminster-Burnaby to try to restrain himself.

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