restrained

IPA: ristrˈeɪnd

Examples of "restrained" in Sentences

As for what you call restrained, others might call it something different.
Intense emotion, though restrained, is visible in the faces of everyone present.
If restrained by sin, or disobedience, or ignorance, or wilfulness of any sort, then power _restrained_, held in check, not evident.
The possession of power, even when greatly restrained, is such a fiery stimulant, that its lodgment in human hands is always perilous.
The child, become an object of anxious solicitude, is usually restrained from the more hardy play of his young neighbors, and a retarded physical development is the result.
I hope this can be provided in restrained language to the exclusion of your usual repertoire of obscene anatomical absurdities. on March 16, 2009 at 1: 24 pm | Reply pchawkeye
I was really dreading the murder scene, but I was surprised at how sensitive and restrained it was (though I probably shouldn't have been so surprised, because "sensitive and restrained" is sort of the FNL trademark).