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She was admired for her restrained behavior.
a restrained style of architecture
The room was decorated with restrained colors.
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The same restrained values of democracy have always marked the White House—a stately house, but not an imperial one.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Cooper—director of pictures like Crazy Heart, Hostiles, and most recently The Pale Blue Eye—makes sure the proceedings are always restrained and respectful.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
That would include gun-violence restraining orders and domestic violence protective orders, which are among several kinds of orders that compel a restrained person to surrender firearms.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Featuring four deliciously unusual frames cast in robust Takiron acetate, which comes from Osaka, the collection is evocative of a certain House of Lords flair—restrained but curiously powerful.
—Air Mail, 11 Oct. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Cooper—director of pictures like Crazy Heart, Hostiles, and most recently The Pale Blue Eye—makes sure the proceedings are always restrained and respectful.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
That would include gun-violence restraining orders and domestic violence protective orders, which are among several kinds of orders that compel a restrained person to surrender firearms.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Featuring four deliciously unusual frames cast in robust Takiron acetate, which comes from Osaka, the collection is evocative of a certain House of Lords flair—restrained but curiously powerful.
—Air Mail, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Restrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restrained. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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