Restrained in a sentence as an adjective

The shoe bomber and the underwear bomber were shut down and restrained by alert passengers.

A small percentage of the people they incarcerate are actually dangerous and need to be restrained.

The American government is a worldwide aggressor that cannot be restrained.

Our position as an exemplar of personal freedom, and self-restrained government, has been badly damaged by you.

The first modern warfare game was at least somewhat restrained in its AFY, but the later entries in the series are way too much "What's the next setpiece going to be?

As it happens I'm in the middle of writing a very long essay in a much more restrained style and decided to kick out this as a fun blog post to take a break.

In a most restrained and calm way I must also point out that the Guidelines have this to say about What to Submit: On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting.

It may be inconvenient to be restrained by the constitution, but violating it seems the policy equivalent of selling one's soul to the *****.

Drones themselves probably centralize decision making with more senior people, and the cost of not taking a shot is just having to wait for the next one, so unless it's a shot in support of a unit already on the ground, theoretically drones will make the military more restrained in the shots it takes.

Restrained definitions

adjective

cool and formal in manner

See also: reticent unemotional

adjective

under restraint

adjective

marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"

See also: moderate

adjective

not showy or obtrusive; "clothes in quiet good taste"

See also: quiet

adjective

prudent; "guarded optimism"

See also: guarded