refraining in English

verb
1
stop oneself from doing something.
she refrained from comment
synonyms:abstain fromdesist fromhold back fromstop oneself fromforbear (from)avoideschewshunrenounceswear offforswearabjure
verb

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "refraining" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "refraining", or refer to the context using the word "refraining" in the English Dictionary.

1. I recommend refraining from many outings.

2. Even in refraining, the ground beneath us pitches.

3. Refraining from thoughts and words that can cause pain to others and refraining from retaliating when insulted or unjustly criticized are some examples of Ahimsa

4. Refraining from getting a license is by no means the solution!

5. Abstinence simply means not having sex, and refraining from sexual intercourse

6. Abstinente m or f (plural Abstinentes, comparable) abstinent (refraining from indulgence) Noun

7. Austerity - the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

8. Maintaining absolute impartiality and refraining from taking up partisan and political positions;

9. Abrosia definition: the practice of refraining from eating Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

10. Synonyms for Abstaining include avoiding, desisting, eschewing, forbearing, refraining, renouncing, shunning, declining, forgoing and keeping

11. Abstinence, refraining, avoidance, forbearance, eschewal, desistance, nonindulgence The goal is complete Abstention from all mind-altering substances.

12. What does Celibate mean? The definition of Celibate is refraining from sexual relations, usually for religious reasons

13. Ahimsa, or refraining from causing pain to any living creature, is a distinctive quality emphasized by Indian ethics

14. After filtering and refraining from recording more than 99.99995% of these streams, there are 100 collisions of interest per second.

15. What does Austerity mean? The definition of Austerity refers to being strict, serious, and inflexible, or to being very moral and refraining from

16. “Abstinence is the action of refraining from compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors while working towards or maintaining a healthy body weight

17. 9 The Bible’s counsel to exercise “self-control in all things” indicates that more is involved than just controlling our temper and refraining from immoral conduct.

18. Abstinence Psychology Self-denial; voluntarily refraining from indulgences (e.g., eating, drinking inebriants, sexual activity); doing without substances or activities on which the subject is physically or psychologically dependent.

19. And I would reply that I believe there are many times when refraining from judgment—or gossip or criticism, which are certainly akin to judgment—takes an act of courage.

20. Sexual Abstinence or sexual restraint is the practice of refraining from some or all aspects of sexual activity for medical, psychological, legal, social, financial, philosophical, moral, or religious reasons

21. This take on sex education is known among educators as the "Abstinence-only approach," in which totally refraining from sex outside of marriage (including masturbation) is generally the only option

22. We recognize the importance of Regional Trade Agreements, which should complement the multilateral trading system, and of keeping them open, inclusive and transparent, as well as refraining from introducing exclusive and discriminatory clauses and standards.

23. Speaking to people then under the Law, he showed that, instead of merely refraining from murder, they needed to root out any tendency to continued wrath and refrain from using their tongue in downgrading speech about their brothers.

24. Some common synonyms of Chaste are decent, modest, and pure. While all these words mean "free from all taint of what is lewd or salacious," Chaste primarily implies a refraining from acts or even thoughts or desires that are not virginal or not sanctioned by marriage vows

25. Austerity: 1 n the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) Synonyms: asceticism , nonindulgence Types: monasticism asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience eremitism monasticism characterized by solitude

26. Chastity: 1 n abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) Synonyms: celibacy , sexual abstention Type of: abstinence act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite n morality with respect to sexual relations Synonyms: sexual morality , virtue Types: honor , honour , pureness , purity a woman's virtue or Chastity

27. This implies an apparent willingness on the part of the US to accommodate China’s regional and global interests as a price to be paid for China refraining from tipping the US into a full blown economic and financial crisis through its own policy interventions and, hopefully, supporting US economic recovery.

28. This Anglosphere, founded as it is upon collective identity derived above all else from shared political values, may in many respects be a mighty thing, yet it seems to be a particularly inert beast when it comes to the issue of actually using, instead of refraining from using, military force

29. Another feature of the cultural context in which we live is the tendency of many parents to renounce their role in order to be merely friends to their children, refraining from warning and correcting them even when this is necessary for teaching them the truth, albeit with every affection and tenderness.

30. Abstinence is widely used in discussions about sex education, in debates about the role of public health in adolescent sexuality, and in research about sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy (Ott & Santelli, 2007).Abstinence is defined here as refraining from oral, vaginal, and anal partnered sexual behaviors, although no single definition perfectly captures the range of

31. As a Catholic he branded the procedure of the pagan governors and attacked and ridiculed the pagan religion in general, and later, when he had become a Montanist, he attacked the supposed laxity of the Catholic Church with equal bitterness, not even refraining from casting suspicion on the celebration of the Agape by dark allusions (Ieiun.

32. As a Catholic he branded the procedure of the pagan governors and attacked and ridiculed the pagan religion in general, and later, when he had become a Montanist, he attacked the supposed laxity of the Catholic Church with equal bitterness, not even refraining from casting suspicion on the celebration of the Agape by dark allusions (Ieiun. 17).

33. Each covenant, made by an owner of land with the owner of other land or made by a grantor of land with the grantee of land conveyed, or made by the grantee of land conveyed with the grantor thereof, to do or refrain from doing some act on his own land, which doing or refraining is expressed to be for the benefit of the land of the Covenantee, runs with both the land owned by or granted to the