Sentence examples for have refrained from using from inspiring English sources

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.

"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.

We have refrained from using NS-3[25], OMNeT++[26], or a similar general purpose simulation tool, because such tools were designed for routing in traditional networks and so are not best adapted to the unique challenges appearing in DTNs (e.g., the need for very large buffers), particularly in the case where there are many thousands of nodes.

The fact that the writers in this study have refrained from using such highly confrontational gap-signaling could be interpreted as an effort to sound duly cautious, especially so as an academic apprentice who has yet to acquire membership in the community in order to speak authoritatively.

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

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.

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.

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.