Sentence examples of "restrained" in English

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Translations: all5 retenir2 contenir1 other translations2
I barely restrained the impulse to strike him. J'ai failli ne pas pouvoir me retenir de le frapper.
He tried to restrain his anger. Il a essayé de retenir sa colère.
He couldn't restrain his excitement. Il ne pouvait contenir son enthousiasme.
We restrained the boy from breaking the window. Nous avons empêché le garçon de casser la fenêtre.
In adolescence, I hated life and was continually on the verge of suicide, from which, however, I was restrained by the desire to know more mathematics. Lors de mon adolescence, je détestais la vie et j'étais continuellement au bord du suicide, mais j'en étais écarté par le désir de connaître plus de mathématiques.
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