Refrain in a sentence

A common refrain heard across Karnataka’s two most backward districts — Raichur and Yadgir — covering 11 Assembly constituencies, is the large number of unemployed educated youths in the villages.

Also, people should refrain from spreading it, if they have any decency left inside them,” another user said.

Anyone who sees Joseph Hill is asked to refrain from approaching him and to call police.

Anyone who sees Luddington is asked to refrain from approaching him and to call the police immediately.

Ben-Gvir came to supervise the parade, despite a prior demand from the parade organizers that he refrain from doing so.

Blac Chyna made a solemn promise to refrain from exposing her six-year-old daughter, Dream, to social media until she reaches the age of 16. The mother of two shares Dream with and has a son named King, aged 10, from her relationship with rapper Tyga.

But police also urged people to refrain from drawing conclusions after several rumours linked it to UFOs while others linked it to the missing Malaysian MH370 flight.

Condemning the murder, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has called for upholding unity and harmony and further emphasised the need to refrain from giving political or communal colour to the incident.

Conversely, while writing for dance/stage, I do carry tools from poetry: a certain attention to sonics, rhythm, refrain, variations… an anchorage in structure and orality, in short.

Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot is one of a handful who have said they will refrain from prosecuting anyone who seeks, provides or supports an elective abortion.

Executive presidents and prime ministers in democratic countries need to refrain from making unilateral declarations of disputed lands or territories as belonging to one country or another in order to dissuade autocrats from mimicking them.

Fears of tanks rolling down Kowloon’s Nathan Road were hastily squashed; the constant refrain, ‘They know Taiwan is watching to see what they do,’ was voiced by many.

Following reports that a series of executives have departed from Binance over the past two weeks, CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao resorted to a familiar refrain.

Former New York Mayor Abe Beame used the “let’s finish the job” refrain, similar to Biden’s, as he sought a second term.

German Chancellor also says China should refrain from aggression against neighbors including Taiwan.

Greater Regional First Vice Chairperson of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Joana Frances Adda, has called on delegates of the party to refrain from hurling insults at Presidential and Parliamentary aspirants.

Hamas then defeated Fatah forces in Gaza and secured its political ascendancy there, leading Israel to seal off Gazans from Israel, even as some official Israeli refrained, and still refrain, from designating Gaza as outside of its international borders.

He concluded by saying he “reiterates his long-standing call on the parties to refrain from taking any unilateral actions that may raise tensions and compromise finding a mutually acceptable way forward”.

However, with inflation now at 4.3%, down from a peak of 10.6% in October, analysts expect the ECB to refrain from further rate hikes during its meeting in Athens.

I actually want to attend in my capacity as a citizen who cannot refrain from voting despite numerous disappointments by those I vote for.