restrain from
Frequency: 9.045.0 per million words
used to indicate the action that is being prevented
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Examples (10)
- He restrained himself from shouting at her.
- She had to restrain herself from laughing during the serious meeting.
- The guards had to restrain the prisoner from escaping.
- The new policy aims to restrain companies from exploiting natural resources.
- It was difficult to restrain my excitement from showing on my face.
- I will try to restrain myself from eating too much dessert tonight.
- Children should be restrained from playing near the busy road.
- Despite the temptation, he managed to restrain himself from making a snide remark.
- Please restrain your dog from barking at the neighbors.
- The government sought to restrain spending from exceeding the budget.