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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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This improvement to sound also makes the restrained snarl of Naked Snake’s voice have an even better bite.
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Ashley Bardhan, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2025
Angel Garcia / Bloomberg via Getty Images Though Trudeau has already announced retaliatory Canadian tariffs on a variety of American goods, China has been more restrained.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2025
Written by Jon Randall and Matt Nolen, this song features gentle guitar and restrained percussion lifting its message, contemplating the possibility of an afterlife filled with horses, musing that thunder is a band of angels riding on horses across the skies.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2025
In this case, the Mechanical Watch Box goes for restrained elegance.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 22 Jan. 2025
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Ashley Bardhan, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2025
Angel Garcia / Bloomberg via Getty Images Though Trudeau has already announced retaliatory Canadian tariffs on a variety of American goods, China has been more restrained.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2025
Written by Jon Randall and Matt Nolen, this song features gentle guitar and restrained percussion lifting its message, contemplating the possibility of an afterlife filled with horses, musing that thunder is a band of angels riding on horses across the skies.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2025
In this case, the Mechanical Watch Box goes for restrained elegance.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Restrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restrained. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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