Sentence examples for has refrained from using from inspiring English sources

United States officials say there are several reasons Iraq has refrained from using poison gas.

It's interesting to see Apple be so open about using NFC technology – even though it powers Apple Pay the company typically has refrained from using the NFC terminology when discussing the tech that powers their payment platform.

On the nuclear front, America, since dropping the bomb on Nagasaki, 65 years ago, to end World War II, has refrained from using these weapons as anything but a deterrent.

Since then, the governor has refrained from using his expense account at MetLife and other sports venues.

Despite insistence by the interior ministry that police have refrained from using live fire, eyewitness reports recount sustained volleys at numerous locations over several hours.

Mr. Robinson said that his son, who has been arrested six times for nonviolent, drug-related offenses, was straightening out his life and had refrained from using drugs in the last six years.

In the run-up to the visit, the Vatican had refrained from using the term "genocide," mindful of Turkish opposition to the political and financial implications of the word given Armenian claims for reparations.

"Obviously, the answer is that they are in control, in power right now, because they hold weapons that will kill you," even though, he said, they have refrained from using lethal force.

Conspiracy theories blaming the attacks on India or America can be expected to gain ground, and most Pakistani media have refrained from using the ambivalent term "Taliban" to describe attackers.

"I have been very patient and have refrained from using force," Mr. Samak said, referring to a five-day protest in which thousands of people have camped out on the grounds of his office, forcing him to conduct government business elsewhere.

Dr. Joseph R. Purita, an orthopedic surgeon based in Boca Raton, Fla., told The Times that he had overseen the procedure and that although he had used human growth hormone in previous cases similar to Colon's, he had refrained from using it with the pitcher.