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Synonyms for restraining


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ree-streyn
Phonetic Transcription : riˈstreɪn



Définition of restraining

Origin :
  • "strain again," 1874, from re- + strain (v.). Related: Re-strained; re-straining.
  • adj controlling
Example sentences :
  • I dispute the claim, said the Englishman, restraining himself by a powerful effort.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • Simply by restraining you from doing another thing in the matter.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • The difficulty would be in restraining himself from writing too many of them.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • He crossed to Pitt's side, and set a restraining hand upon his shoulder.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Violently he shook off the restraining hand of Pierrot who sat on his left.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Aissa put her hand on his arm in a restraining attempt, but he shook it off.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad
  • Do you care for no one's opinion—is there no restraining influence in the world for you—women?
  • Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
  • The incorruptibility of Don Pepe was the essential and restraining fact.
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • If you accept him her restraining hand upon Turkey will be removed.
  • Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
  • There was no such difficulty about restraining them in the laboratory.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

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