Collocations for restrain - verb

barely
I barely restrained myself from hitting him.

properly
The horse must be properly restrained in a location where it would not hurt itself.

forcibly, physically
She had to be physically restrained.

be unable to, can no longer, cannot
She could not restrain a flash of pride.

attempt to, seek to, try to
manage to
help (to)

from
He restrained himself from shouting at her.

an attempt to restrain sb, an effort to restrain sb

Restrain is used with these nouns as the subject:
injunction

Restrain is used with these nouns as the object:
impatience, impulse, urge