Sentence examples for abstain from looking from inspiring English sources

Mindful of what happened to Narcissus (it wasn't good), some people are trying to abstain from looking at their reflections for a day, a week, a month or even a year.

Kjerstin Gruys, a 29-year-old sociology graduate student in San Francisco, similarly found she had more brain space available when she abstained from looking in the mirror.

So they abstain from the process, and all too often look at it with disdain.

I try to abstain from making assumptions about the sex life of other people because sometimes looks can be deceiving.

She also insisted that he abstain from the gaar, the traditional facial scarification that so many Nuer youth look forward to.

Abstain from sex.

And abstain from "Chocolat".

Would they abstain from throwing stones?

Observant Muslims also abstain from it.

One could not even abstain from observance.

They decided they would abstain from sex, just in case.