Held back

Usage examples of restrained.

The spirit regarding the herder in return was not patient, his stature restrained to a self-contained power that would stand down bared steel on a glance.

Contrast its restrained tone with, say, the products of modern advertising, political speeches, authoritative theological pronouncements - or for that matter the blurb on the cover of this book.

Mason Broyles restrained his client, but the courtroom boiled over even as Judge Achacoso banged her gavel again and again.

The latter obeyed, and, opening the door of the chamber, they passed into the anti-room, where the Baron, surprised to find all his pages asleep, stopped, and, with hasty violence, was going to reprimand them for their carelessness, when the Knight waved his hand, and looked so expressively upon the Baron, that the latter restrained his resentment, and passed on.

Then Lord Ostermore made as if to approach the window, but Hortensia restrained him.

But Malemute Kid restrained himself, though there was a world of reproach in his eyes, and, bending over the dog, cut the traces.

They left the villa, and Mallard grew less restrained in his conversation.

Fix carefully concealed from him his own satisfaction, for, had he betrayed it, Passepartout could scarcely have restrained himself from personal violence.

Because penetralia mentis awfuls in human beings had always been restrained and tempered by the fact that the human being had some other penetralia mentis who were good, and they fought the bad one.

Our theoretically restrained perambulator would be likely to respond by throwing off more frequent bursts of perturbating energy.

Nay, in the hope of vindicating his own penetration, he took an opportunity of questioning Ferdinand in private concerning the circumstances of the translation, and our hero, perceiving his drift, gave him such artful and ambiguous answers, as persuaded him that the young Count had acted the part of a plagiary, and that the other had been restrained from doing himself justice, by the consideration of his own dependence.

I restrained myself, however, and was silent, all the while intently observing them with childlike curiosity and precociously grim thoughts.

The other two sailors now manifested some intention of coming to the assistance of their superior, but were held back by the citizens, and restrained, moreover, by a knowledge of the formidable power of Master Prout, who was well known as a sort of censor or guardian of the morals of the place, appointed by the magistrates.

Taking my walk alone, and thinking of the dreadfulness of Almighty power, and how that, if it was not tempered and restrained by infinite goodness, and wisdom, and mercy, the miserable sinner, man, and all things that live, would be in a woeful state, I drew near the beild where old Widow Mirkland lived by herself, who was grand-mother to Jock Hempy, the ramplor lad, that was the second who took on for a soldier.

Han and Droma started to raise his disrupter rifle, but Reck restrained him.