period of abstinence
Example Sentences
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Ah, well, poor chap, he did give up golf on the first of August, if not forever at least for the longest period of abstinence in his career on the links.
From Penguin Persons & Peppermints by Eaton, Walter Prichard
It ends, in most cases, the long period of abstinence from rice, and many times terminates a period of actual hunger.
From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.
Moreover, having fed plentifully and travelled easily, they were fat and well-favoured, as, given good food, natives soon become after a period of abstinence.
From Child of Storm by Haggard, Henry Rider
I inquired why, after a long period of abstinence from butter, she ever returned to its use.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
On one occasion, after a period of abstinence from fruit, four grapes were given him.
From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)
