restrain

couldn't restrain the tears.

check an impulse to laugh.See Synonyms at restrain

he had restrained manners.

restrain a child from (doing) mischief

restrained them from going.

With an effort, he restrained himself.

He had difficulty restraining his curiosity. Tocurb is to restrain as if with reins:

Amiss had to restrain his impatience.

a patch of land turned into a restrained wilderness.

restrain one's surprise from being visible

restrain sb. of his liberty

an injunction restraining the disclosure of company secrets

I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances.

he had to be restrained from walking out of the meeting.

he was restraining his sniffles rather well.

If you can't restrain your dog you must lock it up.

His face firmed and he spoke with restrained anger.

Liz could hardly restrain herself from finishing all his ponderous sentences.

Eisenhower decided it was time to restrain McCarthy.

Take care, child, or I'll have you restrained.

In the kitchen, Doctor Octavius was still restrained by the Iron Spider-controlled tentacles.

Just like how the fullness of his shining is still restrained by self-imposed limitations.

And the message was clear. We've been restrained up until now, but that's over.

Please restrain yourself, Gabrielle. You're in a house of god.

With difficulty she restrained a smile of glee.

D) Restrain it to a rational degree.

During each visit a child check up, counsel parents to use age- and size- appropriate restrains.

And in a world like that where you're restraining yourself, changes society in a major way.