Sentence examples for refrained from doing it from inspiring English sources

While Israel has an abundant history of liquidating enemy leaders by pin-point attacks, for years it has refrained from doing it.

Both parties refrained from doing it, partly out of a self-interested fear about what would happen when they next found themselves in the minority, partly from some lingering sense that the Senate ought to be a polite place where lawmakers reach across the aisle to make deals.

Obama, after saying that he hoped that "this individual prays on it and refrains from doing it," told Tapper, But I'm also commander in chief.

My N.F.L. question: To prevent possible major injuries, why aren't the punishments/penalties for a helmet-to-helmet hit so severe that players would refrain from doing it?

Until we have the right apparatus for doing nation-building, we should refrain from doing it; but if we did have it, we could do a lot of good with it.

Now, given that what the individual in question in fact did at t (/refrained from doing at t) is a member of E, it couldn't have been that C and yet they failed to do it (/failed to refrain from doing it).

And you know, my hope is that this individual prays on it and refrains from doing it.

However, if it's negative and could potentially hurt someone else, then it's deemed as negative gossip and that's when you should refrain from doing it.

However, if no one else is doing this, refrain from doing it.

Try to refrain from doing it when there are groups of people.

Drafting is an advanced technique and if you are uncomfortable with riding close, please refrain from doing it until you are comfortable, regardless of wearing a helmet.