Sentence examples similar to abstain from temptation from inspiring English sources
Meyer says that the books are centered around Bella's choice to choose her life on her own, and the Cullens' choices to abstain from killing rather than follow their temptations: "I really think that's the underlying metaphor of my vampires.
This will greatly save you from temptation.
They are to abstain from virtually every earthly pleasure — not just the usual temptations prohibited under Mormonism, like premarital sex, alcohol, tobacco, coffee and tea, but also magazines, television and music not sanctioned by the church.
It requires one to abstain from food, drink, intimacy, ill will, ill talk, ill actions and other temptations from dawn to dusk, every day for a month.
Keep your expression pleasant and abstain from rolling your eyes, shaking your head or raising your voice, no matter how great the temptation.
But some people (like me) find it much easier to abstain altogether from a temptation, like sweets or a video game; for abstainers, having some is far harder than having none.
And abstain from "Chocolat".
Would they abstain from throwing stones?
Observant Muslims also abstain from it.
One could not even abstain from observance.
