Sentence examples for refrains from calling from inspiring English sources

His wish list for ground zero (he refrains from calling it that): an interim park to replace the viewing platforms, a memorial situated where the Twin Towers stood ("If it turns out to be practical, I think there's already a consensus on that"), a museum, three or four office towers that offer work, retail and living space, and a cultural arts center.

The report refrains from calling the effort a failure, however.

Brammo CEO Craig Bramscher said that he refrains from calling his company's plug-in, electric motorcycles — including the Enertia, Empulse, Engage and Encite (some models have yet to hit the road) – "zero emissions vehicles".

He refrained from calling out a third time, and the man moved on.

She called her boyfriend twice, but refrained from calling others to let her co-workers use her phone.

Though the soldiers refrain from calling their activities "nation building," in war-scarred Afghanistan the distinction is easily lost.

I reread parts of her book but refrained from calling any of the twenty-seven people she had recommended.

The Obama administration has refrained from calling the military intervention a coup, which could trigger an American law requiring a cutoff of aid to Egypt.

Fox refrained from calling too many blitzes against the Cardinals, instead looking for pressure on Jake Plummer from his four linemen.

Stephen Hester and RSA refrained from calling Zurich Insurance a bunch of timewasters but it would have been a reasonable insult to throw.

Welter said the foundation was refraining from calling the expansive exhibition space a museum in order to emphasise it is open to all cultural projects and art forms.