How to use "abstain" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "abstain" in popular movie and book plots

  • Shuuichi encourages the students to abstain from voting, meaning execution but also the end of the game.  - Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
  • As a result, he has to abstain from any physical activity.  - The Winner (2014 film)
  • Fred later convinces Mindy to take both pills despite her Catholic values to abstain from all forms of contraception.  - The Pill (film)
  • Margaret demands that Carrie abstain from showering with the others.  - Carrie (2013 film)
  • He tries many times to abstain from alcohol but does not succeed until after the death of his two wives.  - Franklin Evans
  • The wives conspire to abstain from relations with their husbands, reasoning if no babies are born, no midwife is needed.  - Jessica (film)
  • Citizens abstain from sex to save themselves for bank "deposits," while a local brothel protests the sperm bank for ruining its business.  - Frozen Assets (film)
  • As a result, Kyle and Stan suggest that they permanently abstain from using cat urine.  - Major Boobage
  • They have both been advised by the god Krishna to live in harmony and abstain from the bloody lust for power.  - The Mahabharata (1989 film)
  • The subsequent discussion reveals that Luis de Ayala has apparently resolved to abstain from politics despite invitations to resume his post.  - The Fencing Master
  • mr Winfield suffers from an ocular ailment and must abstain from reading and writing.  - Lavender and Old Lace
  • He also expresses his wish that the FO abstain from voting on an upcoming United Nations motion condemning the State of Israel.  - A Victory for Democracy
  • He contracts a fever and his doctor tells him that to heal he must abstain from smoking.  - Zeno's Conscience
  • This time he tries to abstain from alcohol.  - Pollock (film)

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