How To Use Refrain In A Sentence

Some of my remarks here are directed toward conventional scientists, who generally refrain from commenting critically on the wild ideas of a few of their colleagues because it is bad manners.
This is Europe's problem too," went the refrain, after more than 1,400 immigrant had arrived in Tenerife and Gran Canaria in the previous week, making 2,000 landing in the month, mostly from Senegal and Mali. The pace quickens
Arabic influence may have some part in the genesis of the songs, although the tonality of the Cantigas (mainly Dorian and Mixolydian modes) and basic structure are European; the virelai serves as the basic form, already in use with the Latin conductus, and divided into refrain – mudanza – vuelta – refrain (AA-bb-aa-AA, as in N.º 361). Archive 2009-07-01
Please refrain from talking during the performance.
I promise to refrain from taking part in feuds and quarrels and from creating enmity.

It's honestly embarrassing to listen to, but one should refrain from calling Arrington a brown-noser because who knows? Dan Snyder Mounts Charm Offensive Many Years Too Late
Men are asked to refrain from reading the Shema in the presence of a woman who has a single handbreadth exposed. Modesty and Sexuality in Halakhic Literature.
The European Central Bank refrains from meaningful credit ease as Euroland economies slide towards downturn.
One consequence of the astonishing potency of the MIA myth is the refrain of today's American war films that no one must be left behind.
The other constant refrain is a more general sense that no one seems to care any more. Times, Sunday Times
Through his open window came the faint, distant beating of the sea; a bird flew past him, a white flash of light; some one was singing the refrain of a Cornish "chanty" -- the swing of the tune came up to him from the garden, and some of the words beat like little bells upon his brain, calling up endless memories of his boyhood. The Wooden Horse
Worshippers of Siva who are victim to anger or hatred refrain from meditation, japa, and kundalini yoga.
It does not refrain from resorting to all methods, using all evil and contemptible ways to achieve its end.
Will you all join in singing the refrain, please ?
When breaking in an engine, you probably should refrain from high speed for the first thousand miles.
The love of the Sacred Heart was the fire which consumed her, and devotion to the Sacred Heart is the refrain of all her writings. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
The plucked guitar finally overtakes the melodic refrain near the end of the piece, eventually wiping the beginning from memory.
The composer adapts the antiphonal structure by alternating sections of linear two-voice writing with those of chordal textures, the latter serving as multiple refrains.
Perhaps a purer time is near, when, upborne by a sense of the dignity of romance and the sacredness of life, man will refrain from laying rough hands on his mute brothers. The Kempton-Wace Letters
However, I am willing to try a bit longer and harder; to refrain from drawing lines; to opt for circles instead; to say to those who are threatening to leave our church, that we still consider ourselves in communion with them, regardless of the letters dimissory that might get written or the legislation that might get passed.
In exchange for the removal of the weapons the USA pledged to lift the blockade and refrain from invading Cuba. Twentieth Century History - Basic Facts
But I am tired and unable to refrain from the snarking here, because this was just sloppy and pathetic. Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway
Please refrain from smoking in this area.
He also refrained from mentioning his objections to Carmen, because he knew she would rib him unmercifully. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
refrain from using Christ's name or title or any other denominational appeal" during invocations and instead use "nonsectarian" names for God. The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines
The tune to ‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat’ is butchered several times as the duo repeatedly prove my personal point that you should always refrain from trying to rhyme a word with ‘pizza.’
Additional material found in certain psalters includes refrains used for antiphonal psalmody and appendices containing canticles or other sacred writings.
I will also refrain from editing your submissions except in the case of unprintable language or overly confusing punctuation, so keep that in mind if you don't wish to look like a maleducated buffoon.
Other species also may refrain from calling, especially if they live in noisy environments, are likely to attract predators, or lack sympatric congeners with which they might hybridize.
Though the libretto is not very carefully written, it is better than the average performances of this {177} kind, and with poetical intuition Schefsky has refrained from the temptation, to make it turn out well, as Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer has done in her play of L'orle, which is a weak counterpart of Auerbach's village-tragedy. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas
The Talmud witnesses to the careful organization of the Temple choir, and as the first Christians worshipped with the Jews, we find them from the first using the psalmodic solo with congregational refrain, and from the fourth century psalmody in alternating chorus, both possibly based on Jewish practice. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
To avoid their after taste during dessert, we might have refrained from eating them had we noticed them sooner.
Somehow, against her better judgement, she refrained and placed his plate with chicken and salad on to the tray.
Mrs Hardie refrained from making any comment.
It is a refrain she repeats often with absolute sincerity. Times, Sunday Times
When he had once opposed Themistocles in some measures that were expedient, and had got the better of him, he could not refrain from saying, when he left the assembly, that unless they sent Themistocles and himself to the barathrum, (a pit into which the dead bodies of malefactors were thrown) there could be no safety for Athens. The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch; being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls
Philippe's refrains create a sort of hyper-personal, us-against-the-world dyad, reassuring Charles of his loyalty ‘no matter what people say.’
Chichi couldn't refrain from giving him a BIG HUG!
I hope thou hast also undergone that true baphometic fire-baptism, whereof the worthy Diogenes Teufelsdröckh hath discoursed so appetizingly, causing us to long after it, none the less that he hath scrupulously refrained from expounding whatever it is. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860
The media should refrain from reporting on events staged by politicians trying to excuse their own misconduct or making unfounded accusations.
All Hindu women, respecting customs of decorum and demureness, refrain from drinking alcohol in public.
R Yitzchak Etshalom explores why "Ani HaShem" is the constant refrain in this Parsha and the meaning of Kedoshim Tihiyu as understood by Rashi, Ramban and Rambam: link 1, link 2 Hirhurim - Musings
I refrain from saying anything but I'm surprised anyone could be protective of this dump.
Suddenly, and as it were without warning, we are confronted by a fierce and warlike nation, for whom it is a paramount moral obligation to refrain from the participatory heathen cults by which they were surrounded on all sides; for whom moreover precisely that moral obligation is conceived as the very foundation of the race, the very marrow of its being. Sources of Theology in Job « Unknowing
The only real connective tissue is the nonsense refrain of the title, which seems to slur through a dozen pair of wet, loose lips during this roundelay of partying.
If someone cannot find appealing refrain and stanzas in songs like jinhe naaz hai hind par, kabhi khud pe, wo subah kabhie to aayegi, ye ishq ishq hai, allah tero naam … then I must say its too post modern a discussion!!! Kafila
Chickens and hens cluck nearby and the cicadas start up their relentless refrain.
Perhaps if one refrained from singing because you loved the sound of your voice, people would be less likely to scoop up ordure and fling it at your head.
He is simply tolerant and forbearant, and refrains from judging harshly; and harsh judgments of others will almost invariably provoke harsh judgments of ourselves. Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics
First, in refraining the power of the devil, like as it is said (Apocalypsis vicesimo), of the angel that bound the devil and sent him into abysm, that is the pit of hell; and Tobit, which saith that the angel Raphael bound the devil in the outerest desert. The Golden Legend, vol. 5
Further, owners must be refrained from selling unproductive aged cows and should be severely dealt for this criminal act.
When breaking in an engine, you probably should refrain from high speed for the first thousand miles.
Look no further than the heartbreaking lyrics and painfully sad mourning orchestral refrains of ‘I Left You’.
After 1760 few Americans refrained from condemning slavery as evil.
If children are present please refrain from non-standard English.
The owler only refrained because he became aware of his daughter's presence, and to his great bewilderment read in her face not horror or misery, but a strange passionate relief. In Kings' Byways
While advancing all these arguments, Commander Miyo nevertheless refrained from voicing a flat rejection of the Combined Fleet plan.
Please refrain from smoking in this area.
In exchange for the removal of the weapons the USA pledged to lift the blockade and refrain from invading Cuba. Twentieth Century History - Basic Facts
One of the places in which Dawg lives is Chiapas State where the term "gringo" is considered a racial epithet so when you are looking around down there for Dawg to buy me some cerveza, please refrain from canvassing locals for the "fat gringo from Alabama often seen hanging out in the barrio plaza" or they might think you are disdaining me. S.O.S.E. Security - Chapala
He refrains from romanticizing or glamorizing his profession.
The pieces share the traits typical of their genre in the later 15th century: a treble-dominated texture, probably intended for texted performance of the top voice and solmized or instrumental performance of the lower voices; a contrapuntal structure built around a duet of discantus and tenor with an added contratenor; a break roughly halfway through corresponding to the division in the poetic form; and a prevailing line-for-line agreement of music and refrain text. Archive 2009-05-01
And peace is produced by justice -- the moral virtue which is concerned with our works: _The work of justice shall be peace_ [331] inasmuch, that is, as a man, by refraining from injuring others, removes occasions of strife and disturbance. On Prayer and The Contemplative Life
And yet he was warned by manie strange woonders (as the common people did discant) to refraine from these euill doings: for the Thames did rise with such high springs and tides, that manie townes were drowned, and much hurt doone in places about London, and elsewhere. Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (2 of 12) William Rufus
Whatever it was that I was looking at in a particular piece - first editions, marginalia, browsing - the underlying refrain has always been the Indian book lover's relationship to books.
Which is why, Matthew, as you explained, the U.S. is refraining from entering any of those sites during this battle.
With regard to the former, I'm not convinced that everyone with access to potentially threatening information will refrain from using that information abusively, via blackmail, bigotry, red-lining and so forth.
So, all in all, I was looking at amajor motoring experience, the kind of thing that I had not enjoyed since a civil enforcement officer (sic) refrained from issuing me with aparking ticket because I was driving a Ford Focus RS. On the road: Renault Clio Renaultsport 200
The film goes so far as to raise some interesting questions - questions about commitment and sexual identity - but it frothily refrains from any attempt to probe the questions it raises.
The fast sections are extremely delightful with slow sections having wonderful melodies and tender refrains.
Jour "J" pour te chanter le bon vieux refrain de la chanson populaire: Se reposer sur ses lauriers - French Word-A-Day
His song will always contain the inharmonious door slam of the refrain. Drummer Boy
Amongst the journalists who responded to my queries, there was a constant refrain: ‘what can I possibly do?’
While Hamas militants have largely refrained from participating in the rocket and mortar fire, a radical Muslim group, calling itself the Jund Anssar Al-Sunna (Soldiers of Sunna Supporters), said it was behind some of them and called them revenge for Israeli "aggressions" against the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
He refrained from reaching any firm conclusion, but said that it was plain that the entirety of the claimants' cases was contentious to a degree.
The next administration should also guarantee the two-year term of the prosecutor general and refrain from putting prosecutors under its tight grip through favoritism in personnel management.
I was going to say something about how the lead singer of the Cramps, Lux Interior, was doing the most disgusting stuff imaginable, but I'll refrain, as I just learned that Lux died in February of an aortic dissection, which is the same heart problem that also took John Ritter's life. September 2009
The tract is direct psalmody — the singing of successive verses of a psalm without refrain, and it is sung in alternation by two halves of the choir. What We Learn from Music
It is a common refrain - why spend money in space when we have problems here on Earth? Times, Sunday Times
'Every vote counts' is a familiar refrain in politics.
This is a constant refrain from the sheriff – anyone who seeks to impose any limit on his power is therefore evil and conspiring to thwart his will. Coyote Blog » 2009 » December
Refrained talking -- stopped in the middle of their speech. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Hence he has found it practically the greatest economy of mental labor to work vigorously when he is disposed to do so, and to refrain from exertion, so far as possible, _when it is felt to be an exertion_. The Education of American Girls
Council of Trent has refrained from applying the term habitus to sanctifying grace. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
Yet, it appears that it is meticulously refraining from any extreme actions that could trigger a military showdown with the United States.
He has refrained from criticizing the government in public.
It is an increasingly common refrain. Times, Sunday Times
Among the six steps the media industry groups said the government could take was refraining from any action that may threaten freedom of expression or freedom of the press.
Lipton looked at her pert nose, but refrained from commenting.
No, but I am profoundly moved by the sad beauty of it; and by the fact that perhaps Poe got his refrain of 'nevermore' for his _Raven_ as a reminiscence from it. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative
We would urge people to refrain from such activity. The Sun
But CW refrains from this widespread condemnation. Times, Sunday Times
The first song has the refrain, ‘Dark is life, is death,’ and ends with the macabre image of an ape howling in a graveyard.
Post-op, patients are asked to refrain from sitting for about seven to 10 days because pressure can re-open the surgical incision, hidden in the cleft of the buttocks.
Prices may rise and consumption may fall as individuals refrain from purchasing new cars, computers and other non-essentials.
This refrain must be one of the most lyrical expressions of political apostasy ever written.
Complaints about school food have become a familiar refrain.
Unlike some ethnic groups, they have refrained from importing the kind of issues which have led to sectarian or civil strife in their history or homeland. WHEN SCOTLAND RULED THE WORLD: The Story of the Golden Age of Genius, Creativity and Exploration
Whenever the lad bespake him, he answered him kindly, trembling the while and would turn to him groaning and crying, and thus he did till supper was brought in, when he fell to eating, with his eyes on the boy but refrained not from shedding tears. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
They appealed to the protesters to refrain from violence.
We refrained from talking until we knew that it was safe.
Refrained from telling him she was looking forward to it — to having him wake her up. The Perfect Lover
Think of the unforgettable verity of the perfectly phrased refrain, as in this perfect poem by Elizabeth Bishop, netted by that most obsessional and repetitive of forms, the villanelle.
Von Otter, a patrician blonde with a voice of arctic whiteness, gamely sight-read a tribal incantation and a refrain about rowing out to the reef to fish, both written in some outlandish language.
"We can't just let him starve to death, " is a common refrain heard from family members.
The Commerce Committee, even though it refrained from making a recommendation, has pointed out that the passage of this law would just add confusion to an already muddled area.
The film's sometimes dreamy quality is underscored by a refrain of spirituality blended with myth mixed with fable.
Elizabeth wandered the lane after having read Mr. Darcy's letter twice through, but again she returned to it, unable to refrain from self-punishment.
A constant refrain of health tourists is that they have been driven to it. Times, Sunday Times
The “start over” refrain is obnoxious and Dems should be putting out ads with this refrain for the upcoming legislation and elections. Think Progress » VIDEO: The GOP’s Solution To Everything — Let’s ‘Start Over’
There is also an anagrammatic name which is nearly equivalent to "That Which Is" in Biblical Hebrew, but since The Way of Liberation cannot be named, I shall refrain from attempting to do so. Blind Faith?
It seems to me it was quite clever of the union to refrain from publicly backing their stance, as this would have opened them up to legal action.
The politicians would be asked to give a refrain of their favourite tunes, while listeners vote on who should take the plaudit of York's finest political voice.
We hope you will refrain from letting ads that have half-naked women into your classy magazine.
In later years these words would become a familiar refrain.
Let it be hoped that we can refrain from relapsing into the bad old habits once the dreaded epidemic is over, so a new Shanghai with a new outlook will emerge in the long run.
The new refrain is that, while the amendment does indeed protect an individual right, the exercise of this right is conditioned on the existence of and participation in a state militia.
I will refrain herefrom issuing the encyclopedic support docs and links. House Dem's Placebo HealthCare Reform
All users should refrain from damaging the driving range, its fixture and equipment.
And dread thee nothing of this barbarian, but command that we both two be called tofore thee, and take heed what shall be said between us both softly, for I shall so refrain him that he shall no more dare demand such thing. The Golden Legend, vol. 5
Either our proposition must be proved apodeictically; or, if this is unsuccessful, the sources of this inability must be sought for, and, if these are discovered to exist in the natural and necessary limitation of our reason, our opponents must submit to the same law of renunciation and refrain from advancing claims to dogmatic assertion. The Critique of Pure Reason
Since smokers appear to be unable to act in a socially responsible way by voluntarily refraining from smoking in public, it seems there must be a law.
Complaints about school food have become a familiar refrain.
Adults to refrain from drinking at under-age functions and Clubs to prohibit advertising at underage events.
I could swear I heard his voice crack at ‘killing’, but I refrained from going to comfort him.
The myth about road tax is a common refrain. Times, Sunday Times
He was also made the subject of a legal order, which forced him to refrain from any discussion whatsoever of the proceedings.
Its massive irony is that the magically maudlin piano refrain and chronically depressed vocal that gives this song all the power, soul and verve that are so glaringly missing from the rest of the album.
In a buck-passing situation, states would refrain from taking an active stance against the zombies in the hopes that other countries would do the dirty work of uniting to slay the demon hordes.
A constant refrain is that Scotland should follow the lead set by Norway, a small, independent country made rich by direct control of its North Sea oil.
If you refrain from suing someone, but then they go ahead and sue you, that's the end of your restraint and time to assert the counterclaim.
While advancing all these arguments, Commander Miyo nevertheless refrained from voicing a flat rejection of the Combined Fleet plan.
He deliberately refrained from expressing his opinion on the matter.
In order to allow him to continue his recuperation, people have been asked to refrain from visiting him in hospital.
The familiar refrain that school days are the happiest of your life is much disputed now but few doubt that the years spent at university are pivotal. Times, Sunday Times
In other words, did they refrain from telling their political or official masters and in so doing create 'deniability' for politicians like Mr Miliband? Unite for HR: Diego Garcia
The quatrain is followed by a couplet forming a refrain, also with four stresses.
She refrains from calling her therapist too often
I have a thing about bug zappers because they forever changed the sound of sweet summer evenings filled with frog choruses and cricket refrains to sudden insect electric death.
This has proved a common refrain. Times, Sunday Times
I saw your desire of saving Madame Duval, and scarce could I refrain giving the brutal Captain my real opinion of his savage conduct; but I am unwilling to quarrel with him, lest I should be denied entrance into a house which you inhabit; I have been endeavouring to prevail with him to give up his absurd new scheme, but I find him impenetrable: – I have therefore determined to make a pretense for suddenly leaving this place, dear as it is to me, and containing all I most admire and adore; – and I will stay in town till the violence of this boobyish humour is abated. Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World
The refrain is easily learned by everyone and the leader part can be sung by a soloist or small choral group.
Then came the haunting solo violin refrain and all the children stopped sawing away - except one.
I shall refrain from unwarranted capitalisations in the middle of sentences.
One of the constant refrains of successive Governments in the two decades that I have been in the House has been the issue of how Governments facilitate industry development, both at the domestic and at the international level.
They will tell you that all religions teach us to value life, to refrain from harming others, and to renounce selfishness.
You have ungallantly declined to refrain from pointing at our citizens the rifles we sold you.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that it is boring; I must, however, warn you that the melodic refrain is so soothing that, at times, you may find yourself being lulled to sleep.
By refraining from criticizing other Democrats he appears more statesmanlike.
Momentum effects are yet another reason to refrain from imposing restrictions on short-sellers.
My advice, if you permit, would be to consider avoiding succumbing to the natural human proclivity towards racism or even "revanchist" actions (for past, historically racist transgressions made by other groups - which you call "whites") and thereby refraining from posting entries - using strong language - just against any other outside groups indiscriminately, without solid considerations ... Home
Will you all join in singing the refrain, please ?
“No, but I am profoundly moved by the sad beauty of it; and by the fact that perhaps Poe got his refrain of 'nevermore' for his Raven as a reminiscence from it.” Tramping on Life
But however that may have been, "bleat" and "human" were the two words ever recurring like a refrain in the columns of the _National Observer_, ever the beginning and end of argument in the heated atmosphere of Buckingham Nights Rome, Venice, in the Aesthetic Eighties; London, Paris, in the Fighting Nineties
He would fain have kissed the spot that had been pressed by a patch put on by Elsie, but he was "unromantic," and refrained. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood
Together they agreed on casting black extras in crowd scenes and in a wider range of roles while refraining from pejorative humor.
This hunger is a constant refrain. Times, Sunday Times
Buddhist bhikshus, for instance, never advised Emperor Ashoka on his dealings with his Hindu subjects, just as Brahmins refrained from directing the initiatives of Gupta kings towards the sanghas.
In fact, we go out of our way to refrain from making a judgment based on our opinions of the views expressed in an advertisement.
It would also have been wiser if Lee, playing an unconvincing television reporter, had refrained from appearing in the movie himself as his highly recognisable presence unbalances proceedings a little.
For instance, a charity has to refrain from political advocacy, unless such lobbying activity is merely incidental to the charitable purpose.
In the camp, meanwhile, the consul Furius, after remaining inactive during the first days of the siege, made a sortie from the "decuman" gate and surprised the enemy, and though he could have pursued him, he refrained from doing so, fearing lest the camp might be attacked from the other side. The History of Rome, Vol. I
Please refrain from eating here.
There's a 1960s poem with the constant refrain of ' Tell me lies about Vietnam '.
The first two lines constitute the burden or refrain which is customarily repeated after every stanza.
Song for the Others and Borderline positively sparkle with piano refrains from the top drawer.
Please refrain from wearing brighter colours like pink, bright green, and neon yellow.
Jeremy Soule provides the music with an occasional refrain from John Williams' classic soundtrack.
So it refrained from inputting any of the orders it received since UnixWare's debut until Monday November 2.
I politely refrained from suggesting that the ability to read and interpret a map is a skill worth preserving. Times, Sunday Times
• Refrained from violent, threatening, obscene and provocative behaviour. Top stories from Times Online
Ask your guests to refrain from putting on heavy duty perfume or deodorants.
Or will the parting strains of Robbie Burns' haunting refrain convince her to come back again soon?
Refrained from overeating beyond my two-waffle capacity, mainly 'cause I know I can have the leftovers for lunch. Mmmm....carbs....
This became a constant refrain on her part when she was under stress due to her husband's ill health. Tommy Cooper: Always Leave Them Laughing
Now, that's becoming almost a familiar refrain when we're talking about the Defence Department.
She refrained from plopping any sort of silk flora or abstract sculpture atop her well-coiffed head.
And now we understand why we rehearse our death on Yom Kippur-why we say Vidui and wear a kittel and refrain from eating-why in the middle of this day, we send our proxy, now the cantor, into the dangerous emptiness at the center. Danya Ruttenberg
P.S. In keeping with my New Year's resolution of being a dog of distinction, I shall refrain from using my trademark { arf, arf } signature!
If scientific light on these matters were generally available in the practical bringing up of children, persons in charge of young children might refrain from exciting an algolagnic tendency or doing anything calculated to awake sexual emotions prematurely. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man
The anthem's refrain translates as: "Grab your weapons, citizens! News24 Top Stories
Surgeons should be strongly encouraged to refrain from incising the tumor capsule prior to examination by a pathologist; incisions result in tissue retraction and can compromise margin assessment.
Mind you, I'm couth enough to refrain from biting my toenails, but that's also a flexibility issue. Rabid Rewind: The Orphanage
Please refrain from spamming our message boards like you did the other day.
The need for Ottawa to push the U.S. harder to reopen the border to live cattle is a common refrain from producers across the country.
They refrained from counter-attacking, so long as the missiles were duds.
Jennie has some touch of that greatness; Dreiser is forever calling her "a big woman"; it is a refrain almost as irritating as the "trig" of "The Titan. A Book of Prefaces
From this kind of concatenated metre he afterwards refrained, and taught his followers the art of concluding their sense in couplets; which has, perhaps, been with rather too much constancy pursued. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1
A restriction that he refrain from counseling women will expire at the end of this month.
The time since that trip had passed in books and picnics and field trips and late-night star parties, in ballet and museums and Little Ponies and Prisma pencils, in two moves and math facts and painted lady butterflies fleeing cracked chrysalides, in hugs and occasional tears and laughing refrains and art exhibits and all of the gestures and phrases and memories that make one family this and not that. "Roger!"
She refrained from plopping any sort of silk flora or abstract sculpture atop her well-coiffed head.
The public doesn't expect praise for refraining from pogroms, but nor does it expect ceaseless injunctions to abstain from them.
This has proved a common refrain. Times, Sunday Times
A fierce opponent of literary plagiarism, Poe claims originality for his stanza form in ‘The Raven’: trochaic rhythm; octameter acatalectic alternating with heptameter catalectic repeated in refrain of fifth verse.
The original draft called for associates to refrain from ‘all social intercourse and dealings with disloyal persons’.
May I, in the name of and for the sake of Empire solidarity and unity, which I assure you in all earnestness is as dear to me as I know it is to you, pray to you to try to see through the maze of misrepresentation, misunderstanding and misconception, often deliberately built around India, and to refrain from saying or doing that which may at this crucial moment of our history, when the fate of India hangs in the balance, harm the very interest so dear to our hearts. New India
Like all the poems in the cycle, it is cast as a rondel, with an ironic (here italicised) refrain.
Beyond all other men, he knows when to talk, and when to refrain from talking, -- how to throw the burden of negotiation on the seller, -- how to get the goods he wants at his own price, not at _his_ asking, but on _the suggestion of the seller_, prompted by his own politely obvious unwillingness to have the seller part with his merchandise at any price not entirely acceptable to himself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861
He hath done this deed in requital of that which thou diddest with him and he had it in his power to do with thee other than this thing; but he refrained therefrom out of courtesy and a desire that there should be love and friendship between us. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Even if those terms are "axiomatic," they should be explained or described, and the authors must refrain from constantly introducing new terms that may be ambiguous; rather they should repeat words that were already used and explained. Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]

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