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Recent Examples on the WebAlas, the older actors don’t have all that much to do (editor Chris Dickens keeping cutting back to McKee reading), but the younger trio are strong, albeit restrained, in their roles. Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Sep. 2022 Analysts predict that China’s military actions, while provocative, may be somewhat restrained. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2022 Warm, steady, restrained, securely tonal, the orchestras in his works tend to serenely repeat small cells of material, without strange instruments or strange uses of conventional ones.New York Times, 22 July 2022 All three officers have testified about their points of view on May 25, 2020, when Floyd, a Black man, was fatally restrained. Amir Vera, CNN, 21 Feb. 2022 Premiered to much acclaim and many sniffles near the end of the festival, the movie (which A24 acquired for release) left me in misty-eyed admiration, if also suspicious of certain narrative choices that seem less restrained than evasive.Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2022 This year's Olympics is set to be even more restrained, as stringent Covid-19 protocols have discouraged those in the stands from cheering. Simone Mccarthy, CNN, 3 Feb. 2022 This round of violence was more restrained than the conflict in May 2021, in which over 250 were killed, the vast majority inside Gaza. Dov Lieber, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2022 When concepts do go into production, what rolls off the line tends to be more restrained than the original prototype. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 July 2022 See More