Sentence examples for has generally refrained from inspiring English sources

Still, the West has generally refrained from endorsing the results of elections in these countries.

Since leaving Congress, Mr. Weiner has generally refrained from commenting on either the scandal that prompted his resignation or his political future.

Mr. Green, who has generally refrained from attacking Mayor Giuliani directly during his campaign, pledged to the ministers: "In an era in which we have a mayor who will not go to certain parts of the city and who won't talk to certain leaders in the city, I can tell you that is all going to end in six months".

Tyrannosaurus is known as the tyrant king, but palaeontologists have generally refrained from naming other dinosaurian royalty until now.

Having been a closet insomniac for years, I've generally refrained from joining in when others complain (or, it sometimes seems, brag) about never getting a good night's sleep.

As Mr. Conniff puts it: "One reason management consultants have generally refrained from pointing out the remarkable and instructive similarities in hierarchical behavior between humans and other primates is to spare the feelings of the executives who hired them".

So far, the Taliban have generally refrained from specific attacks on the election process or on voters, and have even agreed to allow voting to take place in some areas.

While the members of the State Board of Elections have generally refrained from displeasing party leaders in primary battles, there is one precedent, and it may be influencing the Democrats' decision on the presidential primary.

Outside of Britain, where higher demand for TV advertising quickly translates into higher costs because of the peculiarities of a highly regulated sales system, TV channels in Europe have generally refrained from raising rates, analysts say.

[For their part, school administrators and KIPP founders have generally refrained from commenting to the press.].

Psychiatrists have generally refrained from diagnosing Trump from afar, under ethical rules devised by the American Psychiatric Association following a similar case in 1964 that ended poorly.