Sentence examples for refrain from confrontational from inspiring English sources

"I think it is extremely important that we, at the very least, calm down and refrain from confrontational rhetoric, which by its very nature sooner or later tends to take on a life of its own," Mr. Medvedev said.

Smoother-sounding than rap and not so overtly aggressive and confrontational, the rai songs in "100 Percent Arabica" offer acute sociopolitical commentary with antiauthoritarian sentiments but refrain from strenuous gangsta-rap posing.

Just refrain from testing?

Iraqi Shiites refrain from retaliating.

He planned to refrain from the latter.

First, refrain from hype.

If not, refrain from posting.

To refrain from lecturing.

Please refrain from swearing.

Just refrain from using it.

In duels, refrain from "stacking".