Examples of restrained in a Sentence
She was admired for her restrained behavior.
a restrained style of architecture
The room was decorated with restrained colors.
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The script here is too stiffly restrained to a fault to make much of an emotional impact, even as spending time with these actors historically is never without pleasures.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
The deeply restrained performance earned Duvall the Academy Award for Best Actor and is widely regarded as one of the finest of his career.
—Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
Hours after Pretti was shot dead while restrained and kneeling, Leon Virden and one of his sons joined a protest near the scene.
—Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
Beatrix, first as crown princess and later as queen, continued to use the tiara, although with a more restrained use, often combining it with other pieces of the ensemble or reserving it for very specific diplomatic appointments.
—Marta Martínez Tato, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
The deeply restrained performance earned Duvall the Academy Award for Best Actor and is widely regarded as one of the finest of his career.
—Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
Hours after Pretti was shot dead while restrained and kneeling, Leon Virden and one of his sons joined a protest near the scene.
—Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
Beatrix, first as crown princess and later as queen, continued to use the tiara, although with a more restrained use, often combining it with other pieces of the ensemble or reserving it for very specific diplomatic appointments.
—Marta Martínez Tato, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Restrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restrained. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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