Word: refraining
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...doesn't have any such program, I'm aware that the summer positions I've gotten, with high levels of responsibility and great pay, aren't your average internship opportunities. When I got my dream summer job last year, one of my mentors finished the phone message with the refrain, "So come back home...
...Georgis said they will refrain from making any sweeping changes until they are better acclimated to the House...
...neither responsible or responsive for [the council] to refrain from debate on this issue," said Lamelle D. Rawlins '99, council president at the time...
...chance to show itself as the more mature, responsible power. But Pakistan's position is decidedly difficult. Islamabad considers India's tests a provocative act. It is already straining to compete in conventional military power. The populace and opposition politicians are clamoring to even the score. For Pakistan to refrain would be a humiliating retreat from its long practice of meeting every Indian challenge...
Humility was a common refrain in Wang's answers as he deflected praise and admiration from the audience of about 150 students, faculty and well-wishers--many of whom were ethnic Chinese and even included a handful of fellow democracy demonstrators...