Sentence examples for willpower to refrain from inspiring English sources
The whole point of Cocteau's poetic romance is that the hero, for all his civility and courtly manners, is also an extremely deadly animal — a natural predator who when he falls in love with Belle has to muster every ounce of his willpower to refrain from killing and eating her.
"God, please give me the willpower to refrain from eating unhealthy foods when the urge comes over me.
If he has a chance to make an influential endorsement, possibly even to nudge Obama to victory, does he have the willpower to refrain?
According to one line of research, willpower is depletable — so if, say, you use too much of it in order to refrain from nagging your spouse, you may not have enough left over to also refrain from eating a brownie.
He planned to refrain from the latter.
To refrain from that requires patience.
Amendment privilege to refrain from self-incrimination.
Morvillo agreed to refrain.
To refrain from lecturing.
