abstention

Example Sentences

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The second vote passed with six votes in favor, four against, and one abstention.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

Labour MSs banged Senedd tables as the result of the vote came in with 29 Senedd members in support and 28 against, with one abstention from Dodds.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

Students in the audience, some with mouths taped shut to symbolize their hunger strike over the issue, reacted with fury, calling out, “Cowards!” and other epithets after the 10-to-6 vote, with one abstention.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

As we just reported, 14 voted in favour of the resolution and zero against, with one abstention.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2024

Still I struggled to refrain my heart from these things, to keep my spirit under the severe discipline of abstention; and with a constant effort I succeeded more and more.

From The Secret Glory by Machen, Arthur