"restrain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

restrain verbo

restrain + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 18
restrain orders • restrain spending • restrain trade • restrain inflation • restrain one's hands • ...
restrain + preposición
Kolokacji: 13
restrain from • restrained in • restrain with • restrained by • restrain to • ...
4. restrained by = pohamowany przez restrained by
  • Restraining him by physical means was out of the question.
  • He was able to restrain himself only by a supreme effort.
  • Maybe he had been not hungry, or restrained by the fact there were four of us.
  • A great longing took possession of her to step forward and speak to him, but she restrained herself almost by force.
  • Her instinct was to stop often, restrained by the net, but she pushed through.
  • At no point was the defendant placed in handcuffs or restrained by the police.
  • She was sitting up, restrained by the belt, her head slumped against the window in the passenger's door.
  • He restrained himself from actually making shooing motions, but not by much.
  • For a moment she thought he meant to restrain her by force, and she was afraid.
  • Miles was screaming as Tyrone and another agent restrained him by the arms.
6. restrain for = hamować dla restrain for
restrain + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 9
barely restrain • physically restrain • forcibly restrained • hardly restrain • properly restrained • ...

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