Sentence example with the word 'abstinence'

abstinence

abnegation, banyan day, cool, flagellation, lenity, moderationism, nothing in excess, refraining, self-denial, steadiness, unextremeness

Definition n. the trait of abstaining

Last update: September 23, 2015


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Six weeks of smoking abstinence was confirmed by expired carbon monoxide.   [noun]

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Nevertheless, this life of abstinence is not a life of idleness.   [Please select]

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This abstinence, joined with fatigue, has a visible effect on our health.   [Please select]

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Pumblechook, sighing and nodding his head several times, as if he might have expected that, and as if abstinence from watercresses were consistent with my downfall.   [noun]

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This abstinence, so remarkable in an Indian, when he possessed the means of satisfying hunger, at length attracted the notice of Heyward.   [noun]

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As a general thing, fasting and abstinence are bad teachers of moderation.   [noun]

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ă “ “ fat (făt), ample (ămpl), abstinence (ăb’ stin ens).   [Please select]

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