How to use restrain in a sentence

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• My ex-fiancé filed a lawsuit against me for a false restraining order and defamation.From the entry lawsuit
• My cousin got off lightly with a restraining order after he broke the boy’s leg.From the entry get off lightly
• Repairs will be done tomorrow so meantime restrain from using the bath.From the entry meantime
• An attorney moved the court to issue a restraining order.From the entry move
• Their messy breakup culminated in a restraining order.From the entry culminate
• Economic downturns and high gas prices may restrain the urge to travel, but they don't eliminate it.2010, Paul Edwards, Sarah Edwards, & Peter Economy, Home-Based Business for Dummies, Wiley, →ISBN. From the entry nearcation
• District Court for a restraining order to have Kunsman released from segregation and to prevent the transfer.1981 August 22, “Unwelcome Advances”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 6, page 2. From the entry restraining order
• When the patient bruxes, he uses his supporting cusps to wear away the restraining inclines.1976, Norman R. Arnold, Occlusal Treatment: Preventive and Corrective Occlusal Adjustment. From the entry brux
• There is nothing in the annals of Pushkinology to restrain one from the elaboration of such fancies.1962 July, “Pushkin and Gannibal: A Footnote”, in Encounter, volume XIX, number 1, translation of original by Vladimir Nabokov, page 26…. From the entry Pushkinology
• Rift sawn planks shrink about one half of those cut tangentially, due to the restraining action of medullary rays.2003, . B.C. Punmia, Ashok Kumar Jain, & Arun Kr. Jain, Basic Civil Engineering, →ISBN, page 79. From the entry tangentially
• I am anguished to see the author, a votary of Hindutva restraining himself, advising Hindutva phobians to shed off their protest.2001, BJP Today - Volume 10, page 32. From the entry phobian
• One is driven to conclude that the authority to restrain democratic power under our constitutional order is reserved to the critocracy.1990, UNB Law Journal - Volumes 39-40, page 100. From the entry critocracy
• The pipe partially restrains the elbow from ovalization but the elbow tendency to ovalize forces the pipe to ovalize.1974, I. S. Tuba, R. A. Selby, Wallace B. Wright, Pressure Vessels and Piping: Analysis and Computers, page 99. From the entry ovalize
• Mr Carlyle cut open the envelope, glanced at the enclosure, and in spite of his disappointment could not restrain a chuckle.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry enclosure
• Restrain also the keen fury of my heart which provokes me to tread the ways of blood-curdling strife.1914, Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Hesiod, the Homeric hymns and Homerica, London: W. Heineman, page 435. From the entry blood-curdling
• Gabriel strove to restrain himself from breaking out into brutal language about the sottish Malins and his pound.1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 270. From the entry sottish
• If Trump defies the Court, there is little to restrain him from acting as an autocrat, given the supplication of Republicans in Congress.2025 April 10, Adam Serwer, “The Confrontation Between Trump and the Supreme Court Has Arrived”, in The Atlantic, archived from the…. From the entry autocrat
• District Judge Paula Xinis said Wednesday she will extend her temporary restraining blocking his removal until Abrego Garcia's latest deportation challenge in court is resolved.2025 August 27, Laura Romero and Ely Brown, “Judge blocks administration from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia until at least October”, in…. From the entry Paula
• CDCR officials did not say how many guards attempted to restrain him but said 10 staff members suffered minor injuries in the incident.2024 April 16, Ishani Desai, “California inmate dies after guards use ‘physical force’ to restrain him during prison attack”, in The…. From the entry CDCR
• Alicent’s crew intercede and try to grab the prince for themselves, Aemond restraining his fleeing brother while Criston crosses swords with Cargyll 1.2022 October 16, Jenna Scherer, “An enticing House Of The Dragon crowns Westeros' new ruler”, in AV Club. From the entry moonwalk
• Among the customers, a columnist for the local newspaper was having lunch and a beer or two, though he could not restrain his reportorial instincts.2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 28. From the entry reportorial
• The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19. From the entry tax
• The idea of a supreme power which monopolizes legitimate violence is as much about limiting and restraining ‘necropolitics’ as it is about engaging in it.2007, Mitchell Dean, chapter 8, in Governing societies: political perspectives on domestic and international rule, →ISBN, page 148. From the entry necropolitics
• Pepa runs all over Madrid in high heels and tube skirts that make her hobble and give the impression of restraining a naturally energetic woman.1988 December 25, Michael Bronski, “Passion Statement”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 24, page 11. From the entry hobble
• But restrain your pride, woman, for there is a third blade which only true swordsmasters carry, and I will not give it to you yet!1982, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, The Swordswoman, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 31. From the entry swordsmaster
• England added further unkeepable promises guaranteeing to restrain English settlement if Pontiac would demobilize his allies and leave the restraining up to the English.1966, William Brandon, The Last Americans: the Indian in American culture, page 239. From the entry unkeepable
• Yet what mercy should the small gods have, who themselves made Death and Pain; or shall they restrain their old hound Time for thee?1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC. From the entry pray
• However, no merely formal safeguards can be effective against the power lust of persons who conspire to depotentise the very provisions intended to restrain just such persons as themselves.1998, Madhava Ashish -, Relating to Reality. From the entry depotentise
• The purpose of the tramper is to pack the lint into the press box under the restraining dogs near the top end of the press box.1995, W.S. Anthony, D.W. Van Doorn, Douglas Herber, “Packaging Lint Cotton”, in Cotton Ginner's Handbook, →ISBN, page 123. From the entry tramper
• Salmon and cucumber suggests profiteerin’; and if there’s meat only with the and with greatest diff. do guests restrain themselves from fallin’ on the necks of the princelily generous hosts.1918, The Tatler, page 142. From the entry princelily

Meaning of restrain

1. verb To control or keep in check.
2. verb To deprive of liberty.
3. verb To restrict or limit.

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How do you use restrain in a sentence?

Restrain is used as a verb. For example: “He was restrained by the straitjacket.”

What is a short sentence with restrain?

“He was restrained by the straitjacket.”

What does restrain mean?

Restrain means to control or keep in check.