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Meanings of more restraint in English

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Usage of more restraint in English
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Some circumstances call for more restraint than I am inclined to use.
Essential system administration, 3rd edition
2
Have we got this broadly right, or should we show more restraint?
The Guardian
3
He said Wall Street must show more restraint on compensation.
Reuters
4
Edmund curbed his temper, and said with more restraint, "Nothing, Your Grace."
The notorious scoundrel
5
One expects something different from a man-more control, you know, more restraint, more deliberation.
Adventure
6
Needs to show a bit more restraint this time.
The Guardian
7
She laughed again, yet this time with more restraint.
The Case and the Girl
8
If only it had showed a touch more restraint.
News.com.au
9
Our flames burnt as brightly, but with more restraint, in the dining-room as in the bedroom.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
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One factor only could have caused him to use more restraint-thegood example of his peers.
The Life of Cesare Borgia
11
Even in the midst of his crisis, Thomas had ended up showing more restraint than her.
Explosive
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At first she did not understand why she felt obliged to put more restraint upon herself.
Absalom's Hair
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After this no one felt any more restraint.
The Golden Calf
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Margaret welcomed him with more restraint than was her wont, but not-hethought and hoped-lesscordially.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1...
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She entered with more restraint than she felt.
Dark dreamer: a dark vista romance
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Schulz was no less susceptible to good cheer; but his ill health imposed more restraint upon him.
Jean-Christophe, Volume I
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