She was admired for her restrained behavior.
a restrained style of architecture
The room was decorated with restrained colors.
Recent Examples on the WebYet Jason, who is widely lauded as one of the greatest centers in NFL history and is viewed as a lock for the NFL Hall of Fame, had a more restrained view of his own accomplishments in the league.—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024 Maintaining that restrained approach to county government is what Wagner offers and has demonstrated.—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 2 Feb. 2024 But Steves says that perception is more restrained among Europeans than it might be portrayed in the media.—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2024 Where Ella Fitzgerald quivered her voice with a little hope on her rendition and Willie Nelson went full country funk with his, winking his way through every line, Del Rey sounds restrained and distant, as if the blue skies are those of a horizon far away.—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2024 Fisher's film is in many ways more restrained than a great deal of Hammer's output, yet that allows its punches to land even harder.—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2023 The Zone of Interest is an eerie and restrained study of the Holocaust that never shows a single frame of the atrocity.—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2023 The Ioniq 6's bold exterior is partnered with a more restrained interior that, while not flashy, is spacious and comfortable.—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2023 Obama declined, for example, to send lethal arms to Ukraine after Russia annexed Crimea and occupied Donbas in 2014, arguing in restrained balance-of-power fashion that Russia had greater interests in Ukraine than the West did.—Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
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