Sentence examples for that he refrained from inspiring English sources

In postdebate interviews, Mr. Trump said that he refrained from dredging up the past out of respect for Chelsea Clinton, Mrs. Clinton's daughter.

Mr. Nasr said that he refrained from publishing his new book before the United States election in November to avoid the impression that he was trying to meddle in the American political debate.

In December of 2010, decades after many initial misconceptions about the transmission and spread of H.I.V. and AIDS had been debunked, a popular New York radio d.j. declared on air that the reason he was H.I.V.-negative was that he refrained from having sex with Haitian women.

Instead, I recommended that he refrained from telling the employee, and at the next all-hands meeting, announce they have a new VP of development, and call the unsuspecting person to the stage.

He was later permitted to return to Pernambuco on condition that he refrain from making verses and from associating with musicians, idlers, and low company, which conditions he ignored.

21, he ignored openings at the two debates in Florida to criticize Mr. Romney, accepting advice that he refrain from being aggressive, even though the fiery, combative Mr. Gingrich is what rallied so many of his supporters.

Lawyers for the John B Stetson Company were quick to contact Weingarten and insist that he refrain from using the word "Stetson" as a synonym for "hat", and to always write it as "Stetson®".

The Japanese stressed that Mr. Lee was granted the visa on the condition that he refrain from political activity, and Mr. Kono clearly indicated that the case was a delicate issue.

The kind of comments we would hear were, 'Why are we getting these at work?' 'Can't you stop him?' We sent Mr. Hamidi a letter demanding that he refrain from sending them.

On Friday, Mr. Vasella had said the annual payments were "according to fair market value" and that it had been important to Novartis that he refrains "from making my knowledge and know-how available to competitors and to take advantage of my experience with the company".

The board added four conditions to his original parole, including that he refrain from contact with Ms. Gonzalez and that he serve under an intensive supervision program for the next year, which requires more contact with his parole officer and more monitoring of him at home and work.