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Example sentences for: refrained

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

By threatening to blackmail Jones, the president's lawyer managed to make his client look guilty as hell, enrage the feminists who had refrained from criticizing Clinton until then, and incite editorial boards around the country, while doing nothing to bring Jones' lawyers back to the settlement table.
I therefore refrained from handing him a potentially demeaning tip but was still left with the feeling that I should do something.
On the other hand, perhaps the author deliberately refrained from using this title, since he is not a professional lexicographer and his “dictionary’ has every mark of an amateurish piece of work.
Not only did he attack Helms July 15, but he deliberately embarrassed the White House--which had refrained from quarreling with Helms--by calling on Clinton to speak up for his confirmation.
Islam has refrained from such an expedient.