restrain - use in sentences

Object

  • defendant: Kewell is also claiming an injunction restraining the defendants from repeating the allegedly defamatory views.
  • excess: One of the State's duties is to restrain the worst excesses of human sinfulness.
  • evil: Remove that and you would be just like him, especially if God were no longer restrain the evil within you.
  • breach: Injunctions and Stop Notices Used in exceptional circumstances where the Council considers it necessary to restrain an immediately harmful breach of planning control.
  • inflation: Applies 2002-2006 ) Strict monetary policy Tight monetary policy to restrain inflation.
  • pupil: Use of force to control or restrain pupils See guidance below.

Subject

  • belt: Both the booster seat and the child are restrained by the adult seat belt.
  • police: Mr Sylvester died in hospital after restrained by police out side his house.
  • officer: Mr Sylvester died in January, after being restrained by eight police officers.

Adjective complement

  • evil: Reason number four, government is designed to restrain evil.

Modifying Another Word

  • forcibly: Here, Mrs Y would be harmed by forcibly restraining her in order to insert the needle for anesthesia.
  • physically: In the early hours of 1 April he had been physically restrained by nursing staff.
  • scarcely: With these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.
  • barely: Written by producer John Court, his song just has the edge over New City, with its barely restrained vocal power.
  • safely: However, it is advised to always safely restrain your child in the car.
  • properly: Volvo recommends that all children under the age of 12 be properly restrained in the rear seats at all times.

Preposition: in

  • seat: Volvo recommends that all children under the age of 12 be properly restrained in the rear seats at all times.

Preposition: by

  • belt: Both the booster seat and the child are restrained by the adult seat belt.
  • police: Mr Sylvester died in hospital after restrained by police out side his house.
  • officer: Mr Sylvester died in January, after being restrained by eight police officers.

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