refrain
Example Sentences
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Local police have refrained from using the Department of Homeland Security’s characterization of Porter as an “active shooter.”
From Los Angeles Times
The fear of evil outsiders had been a refrain in L.A. before any of these cops were born.
From Los Angeles Times
Russia had continued its nightly barrages on Ukraine—including strikes on transportation infrastructure—but Moscow appeared to refrain or several days from direct assaults on energy.
Prices still remain too high, he said, even though companies last year refrained from passing on all of their higher costs for commodities like coffee, cocoa, dairy and beef.
Stewart did not refrain from expressing this opinion in the saltiest terms on-air, especially to Carlson, the show’s co-host who was cast as the overgrown college Republican with odious views and a polka dot bowtie.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
