refrain
Example Sentences
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Employees should work from home, refrain from flying and use public transport, it said.
Oil prices edged lower and stocks reversed some of Thursday’s losses as U.S. officials sought to calm markets and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Israel would refrain from future strikes against Iranian oil fields.
They demanded Tehran "immediately refrain" and -- alongside the call for a safe corridor -- requested a "coordinated international approach to the safety of navigation" in the region.
From Barron's
Phil and who will conduct Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Bowl this summer, is making Beethoven a refrain of his first season in New York, as well.
From Los Angeles Times
A common refrain among investors is that the more stocks in a benchmark index hold above that level, the more bullish the market conditions are for investors.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
