We had, in traversing the mountains trails, avoided any semblance of ignorance of our general locality and had sedulously refrained from asking any questions except as to our way to some nearby objective, generally imaginary.
Since I had begun to mend as the result of the succour and medication of old Chryseros Philargyrus I had resolutely refrained from, thinking of Vedia.
He refrained from mentioning any names; he made no attempt to defend himself.
Though Rupert could have written or wired to him he naturally refrained from doing so.
Once, the impulse seized him to call a warning, but herefrained from a kind of inspired confidence in that young dare-devil who by now seemed a mere speck of brown moving in and out of the darkened green above him.
His big mouth was set tight, a menacing frown clouded his countenance, so that instinctively little Skinny refrained from speaking to him.
In order to cultivate these advantages, which you had inherited from me, I refrained from going into any business when your mother died.
Horace agreed, remembering a link with a far more ancient past with which he devoutly wished he had refrained from tinkering.
It was significant in Sophy's opinion, that her sister, while speaking of John with such ready flippancy, had refrained from mentioning Doctor Fairbridge altogether.
Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he has wisely refrained from saying whether they are good things or bad things.
Even Christina refrained from ecstasy over her son's having discovered the power of Christ's word, while Theobald was frightened out of his wits.
Fragile women and helpless children were left on the plantations while their natural protectors were at the front, and yet these bondmen refrained from violence.
Aunt Linda had invited Uncle Daniel, and, wishing to give him a pleasant surprise, she had refrained from telling him that Robert Johnson was the one she wished him to meet.
After this conversation Cummings was in no mood for sleep, and he refrained from awakening Jake.
I had this most uncalled-for insinuation in my mind when I refrained from mentioning to Adeline that I had become associated with the Thirteen Club.
Especially will they, I fear, blame me for doing this when these forms have been described by other authors who have refrained from giving names.
Milne-Edwards had only a single tibio-tarsus of this form and described this bone, but refrained from giving it a specific name, though he stated it was probably a small Bubo, in the hopes of getting more material.
I have, however, refrained from doing so in the foregoing list of Pleistocene species in the {xiii} following eight cases as I was not able to decide anything about them with the material or literature at my disposal, viz.
He was so entirely at her mercy here, and he thought that few women similarly placed would have refrained from planting at least one little sting among their verbal honey.
The reservation that he regretted gave to his tone an aloofness that he did not design; Cynthia refrained from inquiring, but she was hurt.
He did not show them to his mother, knowing that she would tear them up and bang him over the head; and for similar reasons he refrained from telling her of the Sunday-school treat.
He has seen that his side has scrupulouslyrefrained from personalities with regard to me, and I insist on the same observance with regard to him.
No,' she said; 'I have not, and I have refrained from doing so on purpose.
Paseth, the jealous husband, had spared her life and refrained from going at once to kill the artist solely because Hermon had saved his little daughter at his own peril from the burning house.
Until they reached the Brucheium the hordes, so eager for booty, had refrained from plunder and pillage.
She realized, now, that Bob knew these things, and she respected and loved him the more, if that were possible, because he hadrefrained from speaking of them to her.
It is needless to say that he refrained from making use of Mr. Wetherell politically, although no poorer vessel for political purposes was ever constructed.
But she refrained from saying what was in her mind, and went on to enquire about lessons, and so forth.
Monica passed a bad five minutes in her grandmother's room after the doctor had gone, but the influence of his words remained with her, and she refrained from being saucy or off-hand.
That the warrior saw them making their escape, and still refrained from giving the alarm, was a fact beyond his comprehension.
We purposely refrained from building anything but a small cooking fire, and that was in a hole so its light might not betray us to any wandering Indians.
They could hardly believe that the keen-eyed Indians had failed to notice their presence, though it did seem strange that they should haverefrained from announcing their delight at the discovery in fierce yelps, as was their custom.
Mark felt as if he could have pitched into Jack with increased vigor; but he refrained from any demonstration, and as this last incident broke up the party, went home with a spark in his bosom that was destined to kindle into a flame.
I thought you knew where Gibson went, but I refrained from calling you to ask," John said after they were seated in the booth.
John refrained from speaking of her because he decided that until he found some way to overcome the prejudice his mother held it would only cause unpleasantness.
Maurice refrained from glancing in that direction.
Johanna refrained from interfering; but Maurice was most persistent: he begged Ephie not to disappoint him, and, when this failed, said angrily that she had no business to bring him there for such capricious whims.
About this stage of the war, President Lincoln took an active interest in the movements of the armies, although he generally refrained from absolutely directing them in the field.
Buell and Nelson's division of that army were at Savannah on the evening of the 5th, but Buell refrained from attempting to report his presence to Grant until the next morning.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "refrained" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
