How to Use restrain in a Sentence

restrain

verb

• He was restrained and placed in a holding cell.
• He could not restrain the dog from attacking.
• He could barely restrain his anger.
• He could restrain himself no longer.
• The manufacturer took measures to restrain costs.
• Hospital orderlies needed to restrain the patient.
• Tupac scrambled to get to the man behind the desk, but someone on the tour restrained him.
  — Staci Robinson, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2023
• Few of them are likely to want to restrain themselves in such a fashion for very long.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
• The woman told Jones that she had been restrained with duct tape during the attack, and that the tape might still be at her house.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
• Shortly after, the school employees restrained him at the end of the hall for about eight minutes, the footage shows.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
• One of the toughest events is the carambola, in which teams of men or women restrain an unruly cow in the rodeo ring.
  — Jes Aznar Mike Ives, New York Times, 26 June 2023
• Throughout the video, the woman keeps pushing back whenever the flight crew tries to restrain her.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2023
• Hospital staff are in the room watching or helping to restrain him.
  — Salvador Rizzo, Laura Vozzella and Samuel Oakford, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2023
• The 30-year-old man who died had been screaming on the train when the other passenger restrained him, according to the New York Times.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
• The risk of injury increases if your pet isn’t restrained, because they could be thrown throughout the car.
  — Emma Janssen, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
• The announcement adds to a string of moves by the Biden administration to embrace and restrain AI.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
• While Neely was in the chokehold, two other males helped Penny by restraining Neely's arms.
  — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 12 May 2023
• Prosecutors said that the man was forced to unlock his bank accounts and was then restrained with belts.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
• Multiple passengers got the man to the ground and flight attendants restrained him with duct tape and flexi cuffs, Etkind said.
  — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
• Video from a passenger on the plane shows the unidentified woman being restrained by members of the flight crew.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2023
• Sauceda said Alvarez attempted to flee and was restrained by bystanders at the scene.
  — USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
• Though consumer spending drives most of the U.S. economy, the Fed is seeking to slow it down as a way to restrain inflation.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2023
• Thao held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained Floyd.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 2 May 2023
• The Long Beard Turkey Hammock, on the other hand, encases the turkey, restraining its wings, legs, tail, and head.
  — Nancy Jo Adams, Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2023
• He was then restrained with the stretcher’s restraint straps and taken into the ambulance.
  — Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2023
• That’s when Penny pinned Neely to the ground and placed him in a chokehold while two other passengers helped restrain him, video recorded by Vazquez shows.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
• Both nations have announced new steps to restrain supply.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 12 July 2023
• People threw rocks and bottles, jumped on top of cars, stormed a CVS store, and attacked a bus holding others restrained by police.
  — Karen Matthews, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
• After closing the garage door, Varela restrained Kaleem and Aguilar shot him, prosecutors said.
  — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2023
• The pair broke up in May 2016, and Heard sought a domestic violence restraining order against Depp.
  — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024