of Refrain
Source: Webster's dictionaryI had a good mind to discontinue permanently the supply of grain to the city, reliance on which had discouraged Italian agriculture, but refrained because some politician would be bound one day to revive the dole as a means of ingratiating himself with the people. Augustus
Since Adam and Eve ate the apple, man has never refrained from any folly of which he was capable. Bertrand Russell
When I first arrived in London, I so quickly tired of being surrounded by so many people that it was only with great difficulty that I refrained from seizing the next unfortunate who crossed my path and committing violent acts upon their person. Cassandra Clare
Our lab had always refrained from keeping our studies secret. Peter Agre
That could be solved," Siri said, "Perhaps it would help if you refrained from speaking when others are present. I think I should find you quite amiable in those circumstances. Brandon Sanderson
Ruler of heaven, Ruler of every people! We knew not, O Christ! that it was thou. If we had known thee, Christ, we should have refrained from thee. Taliesin