Sentence examples similar to refrained from purchase. from inspiring English sources

The president, in fact, pointedly refrained from repeating that formula.

The demonstrators, in turn, mostly refrained from hitting officers.

The public refrained from holding protests during the elections.

Christie's prudently refrained from dating the Beyeler example.

Until then, the government had conspicuously refrained from cracking down.

Many refrained from attending communal prayer; some left the congregation.

Cuomo, meanwhile, has not only refrained from yelling, he's barely had to leave his office.

But they did not highlight any massacres and refrained from showing graphic images of mutilation.

But for all the expletives they threw at the government, many refrained from joining the protesters.

My wife, half-impressed, refrained from saying: "I told you so".

Otherwise, African leaders have mostly refrained from offering public appraisals of the current President.