He was restraining the creature until the proper moment.
Although there was no jail in the town, a local blacksmith was commissioned to construct irons to restrain Desha until his trial.
He restrained Heywood until a constable arrived.
They debate whether or not to kill her and decide to restrain her until the Volturi arrive.
Malarial mosquitoes and repressive feudalism restrained the island's development until the 19th century.
Next morning the delusions had gone and he remembered Southwick was to issue his drink and the Marines had to restrain him until the proper time.
As on the first time, he restrained himself until his hunger for her overwhelmed him and swept him away in his red automobile to Berkeley.
What, can you not restrain yourselves until the darkness?
I will restrain myself until June, but I think that from then on we should reconsider our entire approach to supporting the battle to free Tibet.
So having put the car into drive he restrains it with the foot brake until sanity prevails.