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restraining

present participle ofrestrain

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples ofrestrainingAfterrestraining Neely that day, Penny remained on scene when police arrived and later explained his actions to several NYPD officers.Eric Levenson,CNN, 10 Dec. 2024Prosecutors have said Penny acted recklessly and negligently byrestraining Neely in a chokehold for so long, even after Neely stopped moving.Gloria Pazmino,CNN, 9 Dec. 2024Penny, who is white, has been both criticized as a violent vigilante and lauded as a hero forrestraining Neely, a black man.Kaelan Deese,Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Dec. 2024Cohen, who served during the Clinton administration, said that Biden does not want to appear to berestraining Netanyahu, but with the price of oil already high, striking Iran oil refineries is a risk.Andrea Mitchell,NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms forrestraining
  1. arresting
  2. regulating
  3. seizing
  4. grabbing
  5. containing
  6. keeping
  7. detaining
Verb
  • According to the motion, ICE agents held the 12 Liberty employees in four booths for nearly two hours beforearresting them and escorting them out of the restaurant.
    Taylor O’Connor,Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The California Values Act, also known as Senate Bill 54, took effect in 2018 and limits how police in the state can work with federal immigration enforcement and also prevents police from investigating orarresting people for immigration enforcement purposes.
    Anabel Sosa,Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Even the bed—a plush, temperature-regulating masterpiece—felt like it had been engineered specifically to cradle you into the best rest of your life.
    Kimberly Wilson,Essence, 30 Dec. 2024
  • On the other hand, if your social media app of choice elicits feelings of insufficiency, and self-control resources are burned up by exerting will power to avoid consuming products, orregulating hard emotions, than that experience is important to notice.
    Ellen Choi,Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Pretending to be dead, Gi-hun and his friends launch a surprise attack, overpowering the guards andseizing their weapons, leaving only one guard alive.
    Monica Mercuri,Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
  • The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) forces have since received training by Russian forces in the Far East and first engaged in combat with Ukrainian military in November, subsequentlyseizing their first village in Kursk, Plekhovo, earlier this month.
    Josh Hammer,Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The White Sox, though, had other ideas,grabbing Smith with the first pick of the draft for $100,000.
    Ken Rosenthal,New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The Ravens believe in drafting corners every year, and the first-round selection of Nate Wiggins in 2024 won’t prevent them fromgrabbing another cornerback early.
    Jeff Zrebiec,New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Gunfire ensued when Ratliff came out of the vault with a sackcontaining money.
    Michael Barnes,Austin American-Statesman, 24 Dec. 2024
  • American fans have the opportunity to purchase seven different CD variants, allcontaining collectible items such as photocards, posters, stickers and trading cards.
    Thania Garcia,Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Van Dijk will not enjoy the replays either but Liverpool’s captain responded in a way that should remind everyone — in the week that Salah’s new contract was announced — about the importance ofkeeping the Dutchman at Anfield.
    Daniel Taylor,New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • In this case, blocking high pressure has tended to focus on Britain's part of Europe,keeping it unusually dry and rather pleasant.
    Arkansas Online,Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Immigration advocates, attorneys and civil litigators are warning against the normalization of federal agents concealing their faces whiledetaining nonviolent students.
    Emma Tucker,CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Western supporters of Ukraine have frozen roughly $300 billion in Russian Central Bank assets, as well as seizing anddetaining yachts owned by Russian citizens under sanctions.
    John W. Dean,MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025

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“Restraining.”Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restraining. Accessed 17 May. 2025.

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