He could barely contain his emotions as the game slipped away in the fourth quarter.

He wondered whether he would be able to contain his emotions.

As long as I can contain my emotions and be cool, bad things won't happen to me, they think.

Once I'd finally allowed myself to feel, I couldn't contain my emotions.

The cop looked away for a moment, as if to contain his own emotions.

Tommy swallowed hard to contain and control his rising emotions.

With great effort he contained his emotions and slowly reclined.

Isaacson makes it clear that always had difficulty containing his emotions.

But people can only be free by containing their emotions in order to keep some space for others.

If one has such memories, it's difficult to contain one's emotions.