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Restrain is an English word with synonyms like confine or hold. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Restrain in a sentence

Restrain meaning

  1. To control or keep in check.
  2. To deprive of liberty.
  3. To restrict or limit.

Synonyms of Restrain

confine hold throttle bound limit trammel restrict keep hold in control prevent hold back keep back suppress contain

Using Restrain

  • The main meaning on this page is: To control or keep in check. | To deprive of liberty. | To restrict or limit.
  • Useful related words include: confine, hold, throttle, bound.
  • In the example corpus, restrain often appears in combinations such as: to restrain, restrain the, restrain him.

Context around Restrain

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Restrain

  • In this selection, "restrain" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, mandatory, physically, themselves, credit and students stand out and add context to how "restrain" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include able to restrain allison and and mandatory restrain on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "restrain" sits close to words such as annapolis, browsers and clears, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with restrain

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

It took five officers to restrain him. (7 words)

The employee defended himself and was able to restrain Allison. (10 words)

A serious inflation fight will require higher rates sufficient to restrain Credit growth. (13 words)

Mr Adebutu is praying the court to restrain any of the respondents (except the APC chairman) from arresting him, an act he described as a ploy to prevent him from prosecuting his governorship election petition against the governor. (38 words)

It provides a detailed overview of the different applications of Global Solar Gold Pearlescent Pigments Market and the various factors that are expected to drive or restrain the growth of the industry during the forecast period. (36 words)

Sushil Ansal, the 83-year-old real estate tycoon, has moved the Delhi High Court seeking a permanent and mandatory restrain on the release of the Netflix show “” set to be released on January 13. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Arsenal’s coaching staff had to restrain their players from reaching the end of the pitch where Tottenham’s fan base was seated, behind Ramsdale’s net.

A second man punched PC Portianow twice in the head while he was trying to restrain the first male, who had also smashed the wing mirror of a police van.

A serious inflation fight will require higher rates sufficient to restrain Credit growth.

During the swearing-in ceremony, President Hichilema urged leaders to accept criticism and restrain themselves from reacting.

I believe Greer is obligated to set a fiscally responsible example for other local governmental entities that have shown an inability to restrain themselves from confiscating more money from the public.

If a woman is kind when needed, assertive in direction and bold in thought, there is nothing that should restrain her.

In Arkansas, the governor just signed a bill that expanded its existing restraint law to add that — in addition to teachers — other school staff can also restrain students in some cases.

In one, a caller from the hospital requests an EMS team, saying Otieno, who had been "very aggressive," stopped breathing during attempts to restrain him.

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It also called on the court to restrain the federation from “detaining, forcefully deporting or otherwise harassing anyone who was born in Pakistan and has a claim to birthright citizenship”.

It provides a detailed overview of the different applications of Global Solar Gold Pearlescent Pigments Market and the various factors that are expected to drive or restrain the growth of the industry during the forecast period.

It took five officers to restrain him.

Kyuhyun reportedly tried to restrain the assailant and his finger was cut in the process.

Mr Adebutu is praying the court to restrain any of the respondents (except the APC chairman) from arresting him, an act he described as a ploy to prevent him from prosecuting his governorship election petition against the governor.

Officers had to restrain him so he could be treated for self-inflicted head wounds.

One filed by T. Karthikeyan sought a direction to restrain authorities from verifying his community certificate and direct LIC to release his pension and other retirement benefits.

Razorbacks assistants had to restrain Musselman a couple times during a 67-61 loss Friday night in the quarterfinals in which the Aggies rallied from a 13-point deficit.

Sushil Ansal, the 83-year-old real estate tycoon, has moved the Delhi High Court seeking a permanent and mandatory restrain on the release of the Netflix show “” set to be released on January 13.

The battle was tough, but the team still managed to restrain Thanos, allowing Mantis to use her unique abilities on his mind.

The employee defended himself and was able to restrain Allison.

The report released stated that Aurora, Colorado, police officers involved in the fatal August 2019 confrontation did not have a legal basis to stop him, frisk him or physically restrain him.

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Common combinations with restrain

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "restrain" in a sentence?
An example: "Arsenal’s coaching staff had to restrain their players from reaching the end of the pitch where Tottenham’s fan base was seated, behind Ramsdale’s net." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "restrain" from authentic English texts.
What does "restrain" mean?
Restrain means: To control or keep in check.
What are synonyms of "restrain"?
Common synonyms of "restrain" include: confine, hold, throttle, bound, limit, trammel, restrict, keep. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "restrain" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "restrain", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.