Abstained
[əb'steɪn]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Abstain
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Examples
- After breaking out in that way, he abstained from speaking again until he had composed himself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She could have made an inquiry or two, as to the expedition and the expense of the Irish mails;it was at her tongue's endbut she abstained. Jane Austen. Emma.
- But she purposely abstained from mentioning Mrs. Waule's more special insinuation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I abstained from speaking to her for some time, but just before extinguishing the light, I recommended her to lie down. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But if they abstained from injuring one another, then they might act together better? Plato. The Republic.
- A gentleman simply stayed at home and abstained. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Thinks it not impossible that if she had always abstained from spirits she might have had two eyes by this time (tremendous applause). Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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