abstemious

Example Sentences

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During his visit at Cluain Mhic Nóis, Artt makes few complaints about the abbot’s lax management, but everything about his abstemious manner suggests how disappointed he is.

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2022

Look closely enough—and believe me, I did—and you’ll notice the results of that abstemious discipline on the 57-year-old Cook’s 6-foot-3 frame.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2018

Tara, who writes that she gains weight easily, is interested in the question of why some people eat like hogs and stay thin, while others expand no matter how abstemious they try to be.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2017

His abstemious style made me long for a despairing wisecrack.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2016

“I should have guessed. Too opulent for your abstemious revolutionary and yourself, I take it?”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie