"Refrain" means to stop oneself from doing something or to avoid doing it. It can also refer to repeating lines or verses in a song or poem.
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Read up on it and then
please refrain from making such absurd circular arguments.
A careful driver would
also refrain from driving under the influence, which is a common cause of backup accidents.
Most importantly, do
not refrain from adding that extra red on your lips along with smoky eyes to glam up for a party!
I could write so much about this, but will
refrain for now.
Anything extra is considered annoying and not needed,
so refrain from providing information that is not required.
Simply put, it's not that hard to stay out of trouble:
just refrain from buying a house until you * can * afford to.
If scientist don't like these rules, then they can
simply refrain from taking public money.
However, you ought to
still refrain from purchasing any insurance you see and jumping the gun.
We know what our chickens eat and how healthy they are; that said, I would
probably refrain from eating raw eggs if they came from the grocery store.
Hence, you should
always refrain from those foods that contain such artificial items.
It is therefore obvious to most that the best way to get the behaviour you want is to provide rewards for doing so, or at
least refrain from punishing people for doing them.
So, if you could just
kindly refrain from making comments like this in the future, I would thoroughly appreciate it.
They actually won this legal battle, but
now refrain from using this terminology, along with many other pet food manufacturers.
(I have gradually learned to
then refrain from saying that green tea is good for you).
People should
really refrain from commenting on someone's blog if they don't have something nice to say.
They also allow people who would
otherwise refrain from sweets to enjoy literally just a bite.
Should
investors refrain from withdrawing from stock funds, even if it's part of a longer - term rebalancing strategy?
Maybe refrain from putting people off until you have spent a bit more time in a place.
No known drug can cure the disease or make the patient able to eat gluten again, and therefore the patients have to
completely refrain from eating gluten - containing foods.
While a generic, boring resume template isn't necessarily the best pick, you should
definitely refrain from going crazy with the formatting tools of your text processing program.
Why should
mothers refrain from feeding their children in public just because it makes someone uncomfortable?
I'm trying to
refrain due to my growing belly, but I thought I would still share some pretty little things I came across, all perfect for Spring.
Therefore, foods with such features should be
strictly refrain from serving to the dogs.
Not only should
bosses refrain from encouraging this, but they should send sick employees home, especially if they're contagious.
I just hope the
speakers refrain from an approach that's the height of arrogance: talking about themselves in the third person.
I've since added to the collection, but I feel like I'll have to
refrain soon enough.
So
please refrain from repeating your practice in the neighbourhood near the test route.
Also refrain from using those same old stock images again and again because that generic feeling of those pictures may translate into a generic impression of your courses, damaging their credibility.
If you do
n't refrain from alcohol for our own benefit, do it for your mate.
I could just scream with excitement, but I'll
refrain for personal embarrassment's sake.
Note: Not every student is honor roll material,
so refrain from placing unnecessary anxiety on your student by setting expectations too high.
My vote is to keep sweet treats to special occasions if you can handle that and
just refrain if you can't stop with one reasonable piece.
I visit now and then, but
still refrain from participating as a (stubborn) matter of principle.
The action of the steroids is such that to get the best results a builder must be a heavy user while training for competition and
then refrain from taking the drug after the contest.
We ask that you please
refrain from giving them food or water at least 12 hours before surgery.
The most common
refrain of advisors, though, is that they provide «access.»
Although the need for more R&D funding has become a familiar
refrain in science and technology circles, supporting federal research agencies «is a particular challenge now» said John Holdren in a 30 April speech that opened the 40th AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy.
The monotonous reiteration of established patterns and conventions, which may be likened to the
familiar refrains of popular music, soothes and reassures but rarely poses intellectual challenges or expands and explores visual possibilities.
We'll be sure to bring you more on Shining
Resonance Refrain as we approach the game's summer release window!
We are talking about observing the Sabbath on Sunday
by refraining for work, or performing other Sabbath - day functions.
Hitting the shelves this fall are several new biographies and autobiographies of rock, country and jazz stars that reveal never - before -
heard refrains of personal anguish, as well as triumph.
Gossip around January time suggested that there was some friction between the manager and the club's hierarchy regarding money for reinforcements, and while that turned out not to affect the club's push for promotion, it's been a
constant refrain in Benitez's career.
This is why the sexual and romantic lives of women on the pill are different from those of «naturally cycling» women (i.e., women
who refrain from using the pill and other birth control methods that alter their hormone levels).