The phrase "and refrain from using" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when instructing someone to avoid using a particular item, method, or language.
Example: "Please follow the guidelines carefully and refrain from using any unauthorized materials during the exam."
Alternatives: "and avoid using" or "and do not use".
"Stop consuming American products" and "refrain from using the dollar".
She asked everyone to lie down quietly under tables and refrain from using cell phones.
Because this article is being written after the issuance of said T.R.O., the author will abide by its terms and refrain from using the name Pxxx.
Important: We ask that you turn off your cell phones and refrain from using them for the duration of the ceremony.
IMPORTANT: We ask that you turn off your cell phones and refrain from using them for the duration of the ceremony.
"It will continue to ask North and South Korea to exercise restraint and refrain from using violence and taking provocative actions that could cause instability".
If Israel had yielded to Hamas and refrained from using force to stop terror attacks, it would have been a victory for Iran.
It would be better if regulators simply encouraged the regional banks to seek profits, as their merger-happy big brethren have begun to do, and refrained from using them to promote other objectives.
The killing of the three military commanders in Rafah was a significant blow to Hamas after weeks in which senior political and military figures had avoided being targeted by the Israel Defence Forces, largely by keeping underground in a network of bunkers and tunnels and refraining from using mobile phones.
Points to note include only using police-authorised images of the victim and including those of the perpetrator at the bottom, describing the perpetrator's actions in an active voice, and refraining from using neighbours' quotes in the absence of family members.
So while Zidane's head butt became the most widely watched video on YouTube, Yahoo! decided to take "the longer-term view" and refrained from using it, Semel said.
