Restrain
Common collocations
| enthusiasm | restrain enthusiasm | temper enthusiasm |
| character | restrain character | temper character |
| power | restrain power | temper power |
| impulse | restrain impulse | temper impulse |
| Other words: gods, tendencies, impulses. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Barret's a Hot-Blooded Scary Black Man and terrorist with a vicious temper, little ability to restrain his emotions, and a huge gun mounted onto one of his arms.
Source: Noble Male, Roguish Male -
Cave may have been hilariously insane and disregarding of his employees' safeties, but he had lots of respect for his assistant, who were one of the few people who could restrain him when he lost his temper.
Source: Morality Pet -
This can be harmful to the victim's health — while heroic characters with a Hair Trigger Temper generally restrain themselves to verbal abuse, Anti Villainous ones can get physically violent, and out-and-out Villainous ones may even kill people for annoying them.
Source: Hair-Trigger Temper
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