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Example sentences for: refrain

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

To refrain from purchasing one would insult the working class and dishonor the labor of our fathers' fathers!
She moves her lips and the director cuts to all the characters in all the movie's other strands as they all move their lips to the same universal refrain: "It's not going to stop …" The wife in the car sings.
The seats usually retail for $98 a pop, but if the Hill types refrain from reading the free programs and parking in the complimentary garage, the Ethics Committee will consider the seats worth a much more acceptable $49.
So please refrain from inviting Norman Mailer, Jesse Ventura, Jerry Springer, or anyone else into our race.
And it is only with a great effort of will that I now refrain from referring you to my new favorite publication, Beer Frame: The Journal of Inconspicuous Consumption , and its article on the superiority of the Hydrox to the Oreo, its salute to products with "edible spokescharacters" like the Pillsbury Doughboy, Charlie the Tuna, and Slim Jim, and finally its definitive history of the styptic pencil ("styptic," proclaims the editors, "is such an excellent word").