Sentence examples for refrain from rioting from inspiring English sources

Mr. Odinga has been urging his supporters to remain peaceful and refrain from rioting, as they did in 2007 when he narrowly lost Kenya's last presidential election amid widespread evidence of vote rigging similar to the allegations he is making now.

Pussy Riot describes the song as a punk moleben (supplicatory prayer), and borrowed its opening melody and refrain from Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Bogoroditse Devo, Raduisya" (Ave Maria), from the All Night Vigil.

Iraqi Shiites refrain from retaliating.

He planned to refrain from the latter.

He may refrain from provocations in Georgia.

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".