Sentence examples for refrain from describing from inspiring English sources

Lord Lyons was told that if he wished to maintain peace with America he must refrain from describing Southern secession as a civil war.

And Mr. Luntz's recent advice to Republicans to refrain from describing opponents as liberals suggests his awareness of the public's increasing impatience with purely ideological wrangling.

It's what follows the father-son scenes that may give offense to some Christians, as the image of Jesus is pelted with rocks by young children and then desecrated in technically ingenious ways I will refrain from describing here.

(I'll refrain from describing him further, lest he lose more teeth, or worse).

The mathematical literature on CA does not refrain from describing the Life configurations using the same imaginative vocabulary we used, that is, in terms of items that are born, that live, move around, eat other figures, die, etc.

I'll refrain from describing it, but feel it was an arbitrary addition designed to close the show on a positive note.

They refrained from describing it further, saying that human language and fantasy are inadequate to its wonders.

US president Barack Obama has refrained from describing the ousting as a coup d'état, but has said the US will review its aid policy with Egypt.

From here on, the diary was filled with even more romance and desire, though Isabella refrained from describing a sexual act — if, that is, there ever was one.

UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and EU foreign affairs and the EU's high representative for foreign affairs, Baroness Ashton, have voiced their concern at the situation, but also refrained from describing the events as a coup d'état.

I was advised to not mention my divorce, and I refrained from describing myself as complicated, which Angela pointed out would indicate that I carried baggage.