abstinent
Example Sentences
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To get R95 funding, they also cannot require people to be totally abstinent before being admitted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
He said he had gone a year without drinking and pledged to "remain abstinent to offer the greatest chance for my own health to continue to improve".
From BBC ● May 24, 2023
“The restaurant business tends to require a lot of face-to-face contact, and that makes those jobs harder right now, wearing masks, dealing with abstinent customers, and the risk of getting COVID,” she said.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
Morgan recently completed a stint on a leadership team for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and added that while abstinence is an ideal, "not every teen is going to stay abstinent."
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2013
Simple, abstinent, and severe in his diet, and other pleasures, he still led the life of a hermit, and occupied his time with a seemingly painful application to the affairs of a great empire.
From An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition by Adam Ferguson
