abstemiousness
Example Sentences
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You will make a vow of abstemiousness in food and drink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
For a long time, she was convinced that producing her best work required a monkish commitment to abstemiousness and isolation.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 2, 2018
Mr. Islam, the former Cat Stevens, left pop stardom for a life of abstemiousness and Islamic study.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2014
Gilt's experience contrasts sharply with reports of post-quake spending abstemiousness.
From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 14, 2011
I almost think I could answer for his general abstemiousness.
From For Jacinta by Harold Bindloss
