Sentence examples for refrain from passing from inspiring English sources

Asked if those sniping from the sidelines should refrain from passing judgement until after the World Cup, Scott said: "Yeah.

European leaders have received unexpected help from Russia, whose leaders typically refrain from passing judgment on issues they consider domestic affairs.

Career professionals advise job hunters to refrain from passing on gossip or using foul language even if the interviewer freely engages in them.

This being the Jewish New Year, a time for reflection, I'm going to heed the calls of some of our more conservative readers and refrain from passing another negative judgment on my old pal Mitt Romney.

It is obliged to refrain from passing any measures that could undermine its fiscal targets; that appears to torpedo vast swathes of its election manifesto, which included all manner of spending pledges.Hardline members of Mr Tsipras's Syriza party will find all of this hard to swallow, as will Greeks who thought they had voted for rupture.

I received a lesson on the heavy bag from Luke Campbell, the quiet young boxer from Hull who appeared genuinely impressed with my left hand until I pointed out I was actually left-handed, prompting him to politely refrain from passing comment on the weakness of my right.

Mr. Bryza refrained from passing judgment on the conflicting accounts.

It would act now by repealing or amending bad laws, and refraining from passing new ones.

Though Ms. Prichard refrains from passing judgment, there is no avoiding the solemn, cautionary tone that pervades the latter part of the evening.

While Mr. McGrath refrained from passing judgment on Mr. Schundler's decision, a Democratic ally of Mr. McGreevey said this: "To be out there, when New Jersey has barely begun to mourn, seems untimely, to be polite".

Aulus Gellius thinks that the judges should have refrained from passing judgment because any decision would be inconsistent with itself.