Sentence examples for refrain in several from inspiring English sources

Linux's role in helping companies to save money has become a familiar refrain in several industries; Wall Street firms, in particular, have been vocal proponents (see "The Cult Of Linux").

Only that I refrained in public.

Coolidge also made a habit of refraining in his refraining.

That refrain from several Republicans in Washington last week, in the aftermath of the Madrid bombing, has been insistent, and with it has come new foreboding over the future of an already battered trans-Atlantic alliance.

A "neutral" option was provided to enable participants to refrain from having to choose, an option which was made use of in several instances as reported.

Over the last two weeks, governments in several Arab countries have permitted antiwar demonstrations and refrained from their normal practice of arresting protesters or smothering their voices in a sea of police officers.

In 1935 she sang the refrain on several big band records and began peforming on the radio with the Joe Loss Orchestra and then the Casani Club Band.

In several instances the doctor seemed to be fully aware of the contents of the guidelines but still decided to refrain from a strict application of it.

It is a refrain of several people I interview that fear of being tried for these massacres helps to keep Mr Mugabe in office today.

The Palestinians passed swiftly through several phases, ending with a near-universal feeling of foreboding and dismay.The constant refrain in Israel, right across the political spectrum, was "Now the world will understand us".

That is a familiar refrain in Harlem.