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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
restrain .
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Examples
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But now you are safe; for age has cooled my passions, and my calling restrains them. '
The Vicar of Wakefield Oliver Goldsmith 1752
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There was no power of coercion, such as restrains the hired soldier, in his little band; it was held together only by the cohesive force of patriotism and attachment to the leader.
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But now you are safe; for age has cooled my passions, and my calling restrains them.’
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But now you are safe; for age has cooled my passions, and my calling restrains me. "
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These lawsuits will begin by asking a judge to issue an injunction alleging that the 32 teams' decision to cease football operations is an anticompetitive agreement that restrains competition for the services of NFL players.
Wm. David Cornwell, Sr.: Two-Minute Warning Sr. Wm. David Cornwell 2011
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We find little evidence that competition restrains or encourages exaggeration.
Snow job: new article on false advertising at ski resorts Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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That Madeira is not its own state also restrains its autonomy in making tax policy.
Portugal's Unrepentant Debtor Raymond Zhong 2011
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We find little evidence that competition restrains or encourages exaggeration.
Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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These lawsuits will begin by asking a judge to issue an injunction alleging that the 32 teams' decision to cease football operations is an anticompetitive agreement that restrains competition for the services of NFL players.
Wm. David Cornwell, Sr.: Two-Minute Warning Sr. Wm. David Cornwell 2011
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These lawsuits will begin by asking a judge to issue an injunction alleging that the 32 teams' decision to cease football operations is an anticompetitive agreement that restrains competition for the services of NFL players.
Wm. David Cornwell, Sr.: Two-Minute Warning Sr. Wm. David Cornwell 2011
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