- a kitchen of moderate size.
- a moderate eater.
- a moderate estimate.
- a moderate fine.
- a moderate income.
- a moderate penalty.
- control your anger.
- He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears.
- hold your temper.
- hold your tongue.
- John moderated the discussion.
- moderate demands.
- moderate in his demands.
- moderate prices.
- moderate success.
- moderate your alcohol intake.
- moderate your speed.
- restrained in his response.
- she tempered her criticism.
- temperate in his response to criticism.
- The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements.
- the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart.
- Tone down that aggressive letter.