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Meanings of painful restraint in English

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Usage of painful restraint in English
1
She stood sobbing, with a painful restraint, and pulling futilely from the lady's persuasive hand.
The Portion of Labor
2
I was conscious of a painful restraint; she was seemingly at ease, and I became gradually reassured.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
3
Still a careful observer might have noticed underneath his victorious airs a trace of almost painful restraint.
The Clique of Gold
4
Mr. Petheram was a young man with a mop of hair, and an air of almost painful restraint.
A Man of Means
5
She was a princess, and could not escape from the painful restraints of her position.
Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel
6
I am, from my position, subject to painful restraints.
Brook Farm: Historic and Personal Memoirs
7
Hi-tech devices abound: sophisticated electroconvulsive stun guns, painful restraints, truth serums, chemicals such as pepper gas.
Financial Crime and Corruption
8
It imposed upon him some duties, it was true; and was, in so far, a good; but it also imposed most painful restraints.
The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
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