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

Harm reduction is the idea that someone does not need to be completely sober or abstinent from drugs in order to receive treatment and care or community support and sympathy.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 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

Löwenfeld agrees with Freud and Gattel that the neurosis of anxiety tends to occur in the abstinent, careful examination showing that the abstinence is a factor in its production in both sexes.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Ellis, Havelock