The phrase "refrain to" is not grammatically correct in written English.
The correct phrase would be "refrain from," which means to abstain or hold back from doing something. Example: I must refrain from eating sweets if I want to stick to my diet.
I refrain to make any comments".
Hitchcock uses rhythm and refrain to enrich her storytelling, and divides the novel into four sections following the rhythm of the year – spring, summer, autumn and winter.
The Republican frontrunner has consistently played Adele's smash hit "Rolling In The Deep", with its "we could have had it all" refrain, to stoke up the atmosphere at campaign events before his appearance.
At one point he appears so easy-going he forgets to sing the "laid back" refrain to "Gin & Juice", during which a hefty waft of weed floats through the air as if on cue.
On Tuesday, Mr. Brahimi emphasized the need to curb the power of the transitional authority, saying, "It should refrain, to the maximum extent possible, from entering into long-term commitments that can and should await decision by an elected government".
Some musing about their favorite lyrics turns into a medley of every gibberish lyric you can think of, from the "Minnie the Moocher" refrain to "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida". Then there's Mr. Frankfort's song "The Straight Girls".
Before long, he was sampling from an array of sources, skipping from the "I Have a Dream" refrain to Isaiah's vision — "every valley shall be exalted" — and blurring the boundaries between oration, sermon, and song.
Many Japanese (if not most) refrain to this day from owning up to the full extent of crimes committed during their country's brutal occupation of Korea and parts of China.
The key question is to understand why does a physician start ACLS or refrain to initiate resuscitative efforts in patients presenting similar characteristics.
And by character, I think, we simply mean the power to refrain - to not do the things that we have every right and reason to do because there's some other larger reason not to do them.
Shortly after Brodo's debut, "broth is the new juice" became every media outlet's favorite refrain, to-go bone broth surfaced in San Francisco at Belcampo Meat Co, and even Panera tried to commandeer the both trend.
