Let us restrain ourselves for a change and keep our court an honorable one.

As it was, he restrained himself for two reasons.

I've been restraining myself for six and a half years!

And then the children restrained themselves only for a while.

"There is therefore no point in restraining my natural inclination for violence."

"We have managed to restrain our community for the last four days," he said Friday, "and that has not been easy."

She constantly restrained her eating for fear of putting on weight.

I think I'll restrain my curiosity for the time being.

The company scrip restrained the miners and their families for many years.

I restrained myself for an obligatory minute or two before approaching.