A restrainer is the organizational equivalent of tripping a runner in a foot race - the more often they are tripped, the poorer their performance will be. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The "restrainer" (The U.S.) will be taken out of the way. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
The pencil-thin fire-spouter and the sleazy-looking "restrainer" had a sufficiently unfamiliar air to go with Maulbow's story; but as far as. From Wordnik.com. [The Winds of Time] Reference
I strip off my shirt, lay face down in the restrainer chair. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2007 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
That restrainer of creatures, the worshipful Yama, had gone away. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
In most matters we recognize that the law is both teacher and restrainer of evil doers. From Wordnik.com. [Distributism, State Power and Papal Teachings] Reference
Garos's fingers closed on the restrainer, he lifted and triggered it in one smooth motion. From Wordnik.com. [Flash] Reference
If I concentrated hard, I could avoid getting disrupted by restrainer fields and sonic shocks. From Wordnik.com. [Timegod's World]
Then the Guard added restrainer fields, a beefed-up version of the inhibitors used for children. From Wordnik.com. [Timegod's World]
I don't want to disturb you, but I felt I should show you this new restrainer I worked out for Racer. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
After the gauntlets, Baldur began to give me other things, like stunners and restrainer field generators. From Wordnik.com. [Timegod's World]
Must a restrainer be resorted to, 1 to 3 min. of a 1: 10 solution of potassium bromide is quite sufficient. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883] Reference
Not because they're merciful, but because the restrainer fields scramble their pea brains as well as the victim's. From Wordnik.com. [Timegod's World]
He took a step sideways, so that his hand rested on the edge of the console, just above the misadjusted restrainer. From Wordnik.com. [Flash] Reference
I breathed a sigh of relief when the prisoner was settled into the red "accused" box and the restrainer field was adjusted and trained on him. From Wordnik.com. [Timegod's World]
A sort of static crackled around me, or my thoughts, almost like the eddies from a restrainer field, except there were images instead of static. From Wordnik.com. [Timegod's World]
Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer of reason usurps its place & governs the unwilling. From Wordnik.com. [The Marriage of Heaven and Hell] Reference
Except for the restrainer fields, the thick walls, and the barred door, the windowless room might have passed for a comfortable, if austere, apartment. From Wordnik.com. [Timegod's World]
I did not either, trying not to frown at the mental static created by the fields -- and the static I felt was outside the cell where the restrainer was focused. From Wordnik.com. [Timegod's World]
Good is passive because those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs the unwilling. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-01-01] Reference
For he was zealous, and yet not wanting in knowledge, the restrainer of zeal. From Wordnik.com. [St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh] Reference
First, they are not a restrainer and they do not reduce the opportunity to perform. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The governor and the governed, the restrainer and the restrained, can never as such be identical. From Wordnik.com. [The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny] Reference
The law, however, is a great restrainer, and helps to keep the death - rate from reaching excessive proportions. From Wordnik.com. [Revenge!] Reference
In North America, almost half of the cattle are handled in a center track restrainer system that she designed for meat plants. From Wordnik.com. [YESHIVA WORLD NEWS] Reference
The snake or dragon killed by Indra is Vritra, the restrainer, who catches and keeps in the clouds the rain that is falling to earth. From Wordnik.com. [The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow] Reference
We are trained and schooled in view freedom as the lack of constraint, the impresence of any restrainer, the absence of any impediment. From Wordnik.com. [Inhabitatio Dei] Reference
She'd been strangled by a malfunctioning restrainer, and Garos had been shot with a slimline slug-thrower from his own desk. ". From Wordnik.com. [Flash] Reference
I have now, O bull among men, told thee everything as to who Chastisement is, that restrainer of the universe which is governed by righteousness. '". From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Males were exposed to a single session of prolonged stress consisting of restraint for 2 h in an acrylic restrainer (55×45×200 mm. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
She can breathe easily through the restrainer. From Wordnik.com. [The Winds of Time] Reference
'restrainer of waters.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow] Reference
'restrainer,' rather than 'encompasser.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow] Reference
The restrainer didn’t work. From Wordnik.com. [Not the Girl Next Door] Reference
"The captain took a restrainer into his office. From Wordnik.com. [Flash] Reference
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