Sentence examples for abstain for from inspiring English sources

Most abstain for one simple reason: they aren't sure how to be a doctor online.

"People should practise safer sex or abstain for at least eight weeks if they are returning from Zika-affected areas," he said.

In a 2008 study, researchers recruited a group of "regular chocolate eaters" — people who ate at least two chocolate bars a day — and had them abstain for three days.

One in 2005 found that smokers who were told to abstain for a day had rapid reductions in the urge to smoke when they took "self-paced, low-intensity" walks lasting about 15 minutes.

Sex in space is thought to have to become a certainty, as it is unlikely the couple on the Mars mission will want to abstain for the entire 16-month trip.

After childbirth a lengthy period of time must often elapse before coitus can resume, and some peoples abstain for magical reasons before or during warfare, hunting expeditions, and certain other important events or ceremonies.

Nearly two thirds of the sexually active respondents abstained for three months, slightly less than half abstained for six months and 18% abstained for twelve months.

As Corinne Usher said, it's important that a couple are abstaining for the same reasons.

High-functioning alcoholics also may not be physically addicted to alcohol, abstaining for days or weeks without suffering withdrawal symptoms.

The former head of the Alcoholic Beverage Control agency even abstains for a day or so after Taylor comes by.

I've known females who've abstained for months, years, but abstention can lead to doing really freaky things.