abstain in the PONS Dictionary

abstain Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to abstain from alcohol
prestati sa konzumiranjem alkohola

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The central committee voted overwhelmingly for his dismissal: 106 members voted for his expulsion, eight voted against, and 18 abstained.
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He contracts a fever and his doctor tells him that to heal he must abstain from smoking.
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Research shows that the primary reason that teenage girls abstain is because of their religious and moral values.
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This resolution passed with 65 percent supporting and 6 percent opposing (others abstained or did not vote).
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The charter reaffirmed the desire of all participating states to abstain from the use or threat of force.
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Swan was later found to have broken a pledge made by the playing group to abstain from drinking alcohol for the remainder of the season.
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Actors who do not believe the superstition will sometimes abstain out of politeness to those that do.
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The word is also used in humorous sense to mean abstaining from work.
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They are strict vegetarians and abstain from drinking alcoholic beverages.
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On his return home, in 1851, he abstained from all political movements.
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