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Sentences ending with restrain

At first, according to her custom, she had roused the handsome fellow's hopes by fiery glances which she could not restrain. [10]
The winds alone, of all the elemental powers, have hitherto eluded my authority, and multitudes have perished by equinoctial tempests, which I found myself unable to prohibit or restrain. [6]

More example sentences with the word restrain in them

Still, if in your own clear judgment you can renew the attack successfully, I do not mean to restrain you. [7]
The bullets were whining and whistling so stimulatingly around him and his horse was so eager to go that he could not restrain himself. [2]
Where we suppose we have the constitutional right, we restrain ourselves in reference to the actual existence of the institution and the difficulties thrown about it. [7]
The moment Nicholas took her hand she could no longer restrain herself and began to cry. [2]
It now appeared to say: "Potations do sometimes wake wines; turnips restrain passion; causes necessary to state. [5]
It is difficult to restrain one's pen in dealing with a hero, but it is not too much to say that Mr. Crewe impressed many of the country members favourably. [9]
And what was to restrain him from reaching out his hand to pluck the fruit which he desired? [9]
I have gone to a town with a sober literary essay in my pocket, and seen myself everywhere announced as the most desperate of buffos,--one who was obliged to restrain himself in the full exercise of his powers, from prudential considerations. [6]
But by the time this letter, which proved that the real relation of the forces had already made itself felt in Petersburg, was dispatched, Kutuzov had found himself unable any longer to restrain the army he commanded from attacking and a battle had taken place. [2]
The explanation of this strange fact given by Russian military historians (to the effect that Kutuzov hindered an attack) is unfounded, for we know that he could not restrain the troops from attacking at Vyazma and Tarutino. [2]
He had, in the telegram, merely urged the senator himself to see Mr. Hunt, and to make one more attempt to restrain the loyalty to that candidate of Messrs. Bascom and Botcher. [9]
Not only are the fears of mankind the whip to scourge and the bridle to restrain them, but they are the basis of an almost incalculable material interest. [6]
She was horror stricken by the idea of the sudden, cruel end that hung over the young bride, and he replied sadly; "I shall not be able to restrain the wretches; still, no means shall remain untried. [10]
Once, when he spoke in his innuendo of my father, I ran from the room to restrain some act of violence; I know not what I should have done. [9]
Soon, however, his sister's remonstrances caused him to restrain himself, and make inquiry as to whether Macrinus, in obedience to the emperor's orders, had sent a State ship after the galley. [10]
They saw that she alone was able to restrain her mother from unreasoning despair. [2]
I could scarcely restrain myself, and I am sure I should have gone in, in spite of all, had it not been for Gabord, who withstood me. [11]
No occasion to restrain its movements. [5]
He could scarcely restrain his impatience when he came in sight of the house. [5]
Melissa could hardly restrain her tears. [10]
Olive could not restrain her tears, as she handed the letter to Cyprian. [6]
She could not restrain her anger. [9]
I loved the poet, yet I must restrain him, else he will break down all barriers, like the Nile when it swells too high. [10]
At moments his passion seemed so overmastering that he could hardly restrain himself from whispering, "Evelyn, I love you. [4]
Let us, judging of the future by the past, ascertain whether there may not be, in the discretion of Congress, a sufficient power to limit and restrain this expansive tendency within reasonable and proper bounds. [7]
Jean Jacques did not want to appear in court, and as the walking was officially good at dawn, he said good-bye to Virginie Poucette's sister through the crack of a door, and was gone before she could restrain him. [11]
Prince Andrew could no longer restrain himself and wept tender loving tears for his fellow men, for himself, and for his own and their errors. [2]
Princess Mary could no longer restrain herself and wept while she gazed at his face. [2]
And presently, when my father went out to attend a trustee's meeting, the impulse to confide in her almost overcame me; I loved her with that affection which goes out to those whom we feel understand us, but I was learning to restrain my feelings. [9]
And yet without me, without my profession he was a helpless giant, at the mercy of those alert and vindictive lawmakers who sought to restrain and hamper him, to check his growth with their webs. [9]
His Lordship recognized me and smiled, and was pushing his chair back, when something Collinson said seemed to restrain him. [9]
And try as Kutuzov might to restrain the troops, our men attacked, trying to bar the road. [2]
Introduced to restrain intemperance, it became a cause of it, as every drinker was obliged to drink down to the peg. [4]
To restrain contraband intelligence and trade, a system of searches, seizures, permits, and passes, had been introduced, I think, by General Fremont. [7]
Another word, and I can restrain myself no longer. [10]
He had in him the seeds of trouble, the sproutings of shame, for even in the first days of his love there in Dublin he would not restrain himself. [11]
You may not have seen, but I have seen, how good men brought up in those traditions of unlimited power, in time when they grow more irritable, become cruel and harsh, are conscious of it, but cannot restrain themselves and grow more and more miserable. [2]
It was a hard task for her to restrain her tears. [10]
Another time he had wounded her so deeply by his severity that she had found it impossible to restrain her tears. [10]
Gretchen and Anna had learned--in crises, such as the present--to restrain the superabundant vitality they had inherited. [9]
Now, now his glance met the Eletto's, and unable to restrain himself longer, he raised his hammer and tried to rush forward, but the Walloons forced him back. [10]
Rostov charged the French because he could not restrain his wish for a gallop across a level field; and in the same way the innumerable people who took part in the war acted in accord with their personal characteristics, habits, circumstances, and aims. [2]
It is not for the War Department, or myself, to restrain or modify the law, in its execution, further than actual necessity may require. [7]
Then burning sympathy filled her compassionate soul, and she could no longer restrain her tears. [10]
When I said farewell to Professor Tzschirner and his wife I could not restrain my tears. [10]
He was evidently distressed, and breathed painfully, but could not restrain the wild laughter that convulsed his usually impassive features. [2]
The younger Emperor could not restrain his wish to be present at the battle and, in spite of the remonstrances of his courtiers, at twelve o'clock left the third column with which he had been and galloped toward the vanguard. [2]
Only when it came to taking leave of Pulcheria and Mary, who clung to her in frantic grief and begged to go with her and Betta to prison, she could not restrain her tears. [10]
When Nicholas had been led away, Princess Mary again went up to her brother, kissed him, and unable to restrain her tears any longer began to cry. [2]
Later came real awakening, and a riotous outpouring of herself in sympathy, in observation, in a reckless kindness which must have done her harm but that her clear intelligence balanced her actions, and because secrecy in one thing helped to restrain her in all. [11]
Coldly, without looking at her son, she sent for her husband and, when he came, tried briefly and coldly to inform him of the facts, in her son's presence, but unable to restrain herself she burst into tears of vexation and left the room. [2]
I ask you as a favour to restrain yourself and not call for them. [5]
I thought of appealing to Leonard Dickinson, who surely, if he knew of it, would not permit this thing to be done; and he was the only man with the possible exception of Miller Gorse who might be able to restrain Judd Jason. [9]
The old man and his grandson stood at the foot of her couch, and each would fain have asked the other why he could not restrain his tears whenever he looked at this stranger's face. [10]
Smith says that after spending nine days in trying to restrain them, and showing them how they deceived themselves with "great guilded hopes of the South Sea Mines," he abandoned them to their folly and set sail for Jamestown. [4]
Still, it was absolutely necessary that she should restrain herself and endure his insufferable endearments, and even force herself to speak. [10]
In giving the above directions, it is not intended to restrain you in other expedient and necessary matters not falling within their range. [7]
She gave him a passionately angry glance, and hardly able to restrain her tears and maintain the artificial smile on her lips, she got up and left the room. [2]

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