Synonym: abstain, avoid, forego, shun. Antonym: persist. Similar words: refresh, forefront, afraid, refreshment, refrigerator, be afraid of, be afraid to, rain. Meaning: [rɪ'freɪn] n. the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers. v. 1. resist doing something 2. choose not to consume.
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31. Did the pilgrims to Compostela who sang this refrain know what they were singing as they passed through the disconsolate lands?
32. People save, or refrain from consumption, today in order to consume more tomorrow.
33. However, the rational wealth maximizing company may refrain from such conduct even if there are strong incentives to use the information.
34. The panel recommended that officers refrain from such actions, Eide said.
35. The same would apply to attempts to persuade some one to refrain from doing so.
36. I will refrain from horror stories of Burleigh's past, but I assure you, Corbett is right.
36. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and make good sentences.
37. If the Tories lose the looming Christchurch by-election, a new Tory refrain of Major-Must-Go may reach fortissimo.
38. Lydia did not castigate herself for so disliking a fellow-being, believing that it was sufficient merely to refrain from overt unkindness.
39. His swollen, inflamed face had become unbearable now; he could neither touch it, nor refrain from touching it.
40. The initial punishment for the four securities houses had been only an instruction to refrain from certain securities transactions for four days.
41. This refrain might play well in Washington, but it gets less true by the day.
42. So many things you refrain from asking that you'd love to know.
43. Most notable were the razor-sharp bottleneck on Cloud Nine and the familar, sliding refrain of Something.
44. We should refrain from placing at our political focal point only those subjects for which a solution has not been found.
45. Chamlong, seated beside Suchinda, appealed to protestors to refrain from violence.
46. Rather, remain calm, let Mailer be Mailer, refrain from casting stones and you will be rewarded.
47. Who is the beloved who sings this refrain to her lover?
48. Ever since the 23d of September he had recommenced his eternal refrain by demanding reinforcements, and... more reinforcements!
49. The vendor will undertake that the company will refrain from doing certain acts or matters pending completion.
50. The two trade union confederations undertook to refrain from general strikes in return for minimum wage and unemployment benefit guarantees.
51. Thus, a doctor is under a duty to refrain from any act which may aid his patient in committing suicide.
52. This should be contrasted with the situation in which the patient instructs the doctor to refrain from further treatment.
53. Both Mama Bear and Papa Bear repeat their familiar refrain.
54. He watched the two student sections like a tennis match, his head swiveling back and forth as the refrain continued.
55. I shall refrain from doing so, though even the dust jacket has chosen to ignore that discretion.
56. But for most women, it was fashionable to refrain from eating long before it became fashionable to be slender.
57. This refrain is a conflation of two verses from the classic period of Old Testament prophecy in Isaiah 11 and Habakkuk 2.
58. I'd appreciate it if you'd refrain from speaking for me.
59. I guess I have to refrain from stereotyping fraternities now.
60. Black leaders will refrain from hammering at the issue out of an uneasiness at speaking about intergenerational oppression.
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