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.