Words similar to abstaining

Example sentences for: abstaining

How can you use “abstaining” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The final tally was 120 to 7 (with 21 countries abstaining); in dissenting, the United States joins such human rights luminaries as China, Sudan, Turkey, and Indonesia.
As in abstaining from killing, one can cross the initial stage of this spectrum and remain unsure about how far to ascend on the scale.
But courts have even upheld parents' right to condition gifts on the heir's abstaining from smoking or marrying someone of a certain religion or ethnicity.