abstinent
Example Sentences
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She has vowed to remain abstinent until she marries.
From BBC • May 31, 2025
To get R95 funding, they also cannot require people to be totally abstinent before being admitted.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024
“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
Indeed, it's unrealistic to expect people to be abstinent and not go on dates and try to find connection as we find ourselves nine months into quarantine.
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2020
While the Puritan could often fairly yield a sort of abstinent conformity which saved him from penalties, the Roman Catholic, who adhered faithfully and conscientiously to his ancestral church, made no compromise with his allegiance.
From Calvert and Penn Or the Growth of Civil and Religious Liberty in America, as Disclosed in the Planting of Maryland and Pennsylvania by Mayer, Brantz
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
