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Example sentences for: refrain

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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.
Ginsburg's assertion that "there never was a Paula Jones case" echoed a Democratic refrain, first delivered by Sen.
"I call on Russia, China, Britain, France, and all other countries to continue to refrain from testing.
Thus the implied twin themes of the Globe and Times pieces: 1) Having been nicked a decade ago by the Keating Five scandal, McCain still doesn't understand that legislators should refrain from pressuring regulatory agencies to serve the interests of their campaign contributors; and 2) McCain's sermons about money corrupting politics are hypocritical, because he's just as corrupt as everyone else.
3) Patients should have the option to consent to, or refrain from, participation in future research at the time of the initial consent process.