Sentence example with the word 'abstemious'

abstemious

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Definition adj. sparing in consumption of especially food and drink

Last update: April 6, 2016


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Even though Mrs. Washington was a very wealthy woman, she still lived an abstemious life and only spent money on the basic essentials.   [adjective]

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Although my husband is normally abstemious with his money, he will buy a ticket to a football game in a minute.   [adjective]

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Ram is an abstemious person.   [adjective]

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They were a manly breed, abstemious in food and drink, iron-willed, vigorous, and strong.   [Please select]

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He was very abstemious in his diet, having to contend with a gouty diathesis.   [Please select]

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At this time he was abstemious in eating, wishing to reduce a tendency to corpulence.   [Please select]

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No one need go far in search of proofs that this kind of abstemious living is not merely possible, but far less hurtful to health than excess.   [adjective]

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The provision which each had made for his refreshment was simple, but the meal of the Saracen was abstemious.   [adjective]

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Must be abstemious to sing.   [adjective]

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