Sentence examples for refrain from being from inspiring English sources

Can you refrain from being insufferable?

But does that mean those without political skill should refrain from being proactive altogether?

Even the City's worst have evolved enough to refrain from being openly racist.

Local expert panels are convened to review cases if they come up, but many surgeons simply refrain from being tested.

It is always hard to refrain from being so obsessed with finding a plate that I miss the foreign environment for which I came.

How could the Giants and the Texans refrain from being swept away in the raw emotion and excitement of another season debut last night?

One person involved says an announcement is likely soon, but refrained from being more specific.

Don't all relationships involve an element of role-playing and restraint — refraining from being overly blunt when it just won't help?

"A woman," he said, "who rejects motherhood, who refrains from being around the house, however successful her working life is, is deficient, is incomplete".

"A women who rejects motherhood, who refrains from being around the house, however successful her working life is, is deficient, is incomplete," he added.

Also, in edifying contrast to his counterparts of a century earlier, he refrained from "being directly and openly involved in the murder of black political leaders".