Sentence examples for would have refrained from inspiring English sources

I am certain that a grateful audience would have refrained from applauding for a long while.

He "would have refrained" if he had known it would be considered inappropriate, he said.

It is also presumed that Paleolithic butchers would have refrained from making cut marks to extend the use life of their tools.

He said, among other things, that he and his colleagues would have "refrained from making any public comment while there".

They may also be claiming that had Democrats not used a simple-majority vote to change the Senate rules in their favour, Republicans would have refrained from doing so as well.There is no evidence for either of these claims.

Is it likely that, knowing what we now know about Assad, Saddam, who had used chemical weapons against both the Iranians in the 1980s war that resulted in over one million casualties and against his own people, would have refrained from returning to his old ways?

It doesn't follow that the agent wouldn't have refrained from acting maliciously if she had chosen not to act maliciously.

Given all the work that was done by the public to provide commentary to the Bureau of Land Management in the interest of achieving a better balance between development and conservation, one would think that the agency might have refrained from handing over nearly all the land to leasing.

If it were to happen, and ITV have refrained from confirming the news, it wouldn't be entirely their fault.

Aulus Gellius thinks that the judges should have refrained from passing judgment because any decision would be inconsistent with itself.

But they have refrained from filing, having concluded that even an adverse ruling would be unlikely to prompt heavily oil-dependent countries to change their policies.