Sentence examples for refrain from calling from inspiring English sources
The phrase "refrain from calling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when asking someone to avoid making a phone call or to not contact someone by phone. Example: "Please refrain from calling during the meeting, as it may disrupt the discussion."
Though the soldiers refrain from calling their activities "nation building," in war-scarred Afghanistan the distinction is easily lost.
They're people whom many of us would instinctively shy away from, or at least refrain from calling up repeatedly, but Judge's compulsion is to go back for more.
Saturday's events have prompted some analysts to say that the government may now opt to refrain from calling polls any time soon, because the authorities' handling of the rally could damage support for Mr. Najib.
"These items could be as simple as a request that Assad refrain from calling opposition members terrorists in the press," Professors Joshi and Quinn wrote in a Foreign Affairs article summarizing their research.
Instead of going along as most people are doing now and saying, OK, let's refrain from criticising Islam, let's refrain from calling Islamic terrorism Islamic, I think we should do the opposite".
Facebook Twitter Pinterest 2.09am GMT New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg has just given a brief statement asking people to stay indoors and to refrain from calling 911 unless the matter is serious.
He refrained from calling out a third time, and the man moved on.
She called her boyfriend twice, but refrained from calling others to let her co-workers use her phone.
I reread parts of her book but refrained from calling any of the twenty-seven people she had recommended.
The Obama administration has refrained from calling the military intervention a coup, which could trigger an American law requiring a cutoff of aid to Egypt.
Fox refrained from calling too many blitzes against the Cardinals, instead looking for pressure on Jake Plummer from his four linemen.
