| When adopting the new too, he has refrained from being imitative or pretentious. |
| The Hon Rev F J Nile and The Hon G Moyes refrained from passing round the plate for tithes. |
| Yet Missourians refrained from adopting the language of division emanating with increasing volume from the cotton states. |
| Even the thought of killing didn't repulse me the way it used to, although I still refrained from that particular method of retrieving my money. |
| Knowing the drill, Nick talked to people who contacted him and refrained from sending out any press releases. |
| With great difficulty I refrained from falling to the ground in a heart-stopping swoon and gave a little wave. |
