I suppressed my first reaction and said quietly, "What about the guards?"

Kirk kept his face absolutely still, suppressing his true reaction.

Suppressing her reaction, she took stock of Quentin.

Todd suppressed his reaction to that unwelcome news.

She had been doing a reasonably good job of suppressing her reaction to Lucas all evening, but something about the link loosened those inner controls.

"I always suppressed my reaction to the score," he says.

Walch tried to suppress his reaction, covering it with a coughing spell.

Nick tried to suppress his body's obvious reaction to seeing her this way.

He suppressed his reaction as much as he could.

Chronic stress requires you to suppress your natural "fight-or-flight" reaction over hours, days, or even years.