Sentence examples for refrain from shooting from inspiring English sources

Her way of returning Butler's affection has been to refrain from shooting him.

Russian forces did not refrain from shooting down Georgian drones over Abkhazia, and dangerous incidents provoked by both sides occurred more and more frequently.

The Israeli civil-rights groups B'Tzelem ("In the Image," as in "image of God") and Shovrim Shtika ("Breaking the Silence") have called on soldiers to refrain from shooting.

People in the narrowing left lanes refrain from shooting ahead, while people in the right through lanes — this is hard to swallow, for those of us inclined toward vigilantism, but crucial — leave big spaces in front of their cars for the merging that is about to commence.

It is recommended that one should refrain from shooting V-Darts from anything except a rubber band.

He's getting no time in this half and it's starting to get frustrated that he's being kicked and having to refrain from shooting or passing because a slide tackle's coming his way.

Thus, people refrained from shooting birds and wild animals.

Christopher refrained from shooting up – in public anyway – because it was Christmas!

The party had demanded that the government halt attacks on the militants before talks could begin, and signed on after the army refrained from shooting for a day.

F.B.I. marksmen refrained from shooting Mr. Kavaja as he walked between planes because they were worried he was carrying volatile explosives.

They refrained from shooting indiscriminately into waiting rooms where patients who were there for reasons unrelated to abortion might have been sitting, training their sights specifically on abortion providers and, in a few cases, clinic workers.