Sentence examples for refrained on from inspiring English sources

But Beijing conspicuously refrained on Thursday from any revaluation, a step opposed by the country's huge export sector as possibly undermining China's competitiveness in international markets.

Mr. Edwards has been the target of campaign jabs from both President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in recent days, but he refrained on Sunday from firing back -- or even mentioning the vice president.

Rouhani refrained on Monday from accepting responsibility of problems raised by protesters and he blamed his predecessor and also Iran's long-time adversary, the United States for the government's shortcomings.

Ashanti sings the hook, or refrain, on the song, which is No. 7 in the country on the Billboard 100.

He generally focused more on expressing poetic ideas by setting a mood or atmosphere, refraining on the whole from narrative description or pictorial realism.

The women related stories of receiving death threats, rape threats, wishes of cancer diagnoses and hearing the good ol' "women aren't funny" refrain on social media.

The promotional copies released to disc jockeys on July 15 had the first two verses and two refrains on one side of the disk, and the remainder of the song on the other.

Mr. ElBaradei refrained from commenting on the nuclear test announced on Monday by North Korea.

Only one participant smoked (cigars), but this participant refrained from smoking on the mornings of the study.

The refrain on that one: "I take a whiff, I feel like a pimp / but I wish it didn't make my dick go limp".

Mr. Bondevik himself refrained from commenting on the bureaucratic standstill.