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List of antonyms from "restive" to antonyms from "resume"


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Definition of the day : « restrained »

  • adj calm, quiet
Example sentences :
  • But he had not done so, and she was glad he could be restrained and deliberate in that "breedy" sort of way.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • But his curiosity was too strong to be restrained by mere compassion.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • He felt her eye was upon him, and restrained his emotions as he proceeded.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • But even in his fierce young indignation he restrained himself.
  • Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
  • It restrained him, opposed the will of him toward personal liberty.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Woman, restrained to purity, has of necessity fallen often into impurity.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Nor has the discussion of the subject been restrained within the limits of conversation.
  • Extract from : « The Origin of Species » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • Nevertheless, she restrained herself from making any disclaimer.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • The reaction, indeed, was restrained; but so also was the movement of reform.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • The first hint of restrained passion was in the answering voice.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge