Refrain means: To hold back, to restrain (someone or something). Related words include chorus or music. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Refrain in practice.
Refrain in a sentence
Related words
Refrain meaning
- To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
- To show restraint; to hold oneself back.
- To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.
Refrain in Dutch
Example sentences (20)
The speech was punctuated with a refrain that was a window into his philosophy on unions: "Who forced us to that?
A chorus raise their voices behind him as our hero repeats the consoling refrain of “Never mind” like an “Amen”.
Ben-Gvir came to supervise the parade, despite a prior demand from the parade organizers that he refrain from doing so.
Former New York Mayor Abe Beame used the “let’s finish the job” refrain, similar to Biden’s, as he sought a second term.
Also, people should refrain from spreading it, if they have any decency left inside them,” another user said.
So, LOLtron, kindly do me a favor and refrain from hatching any diabolical plans for world domination this time, alright?
This is the usual refrain of the Pak regime every time power breakdowns happen, but things have not improved.
Brown has requested that the organization refrain from publishing voter information or attempting to embarrass non-voters.
While many want to maintain a certain social status, it’s important to refrain from living above our means.
If his contract specifies that he must refrain from certain public activities, the BBC is entitled to enforce that contract.
I'm going to refrain, as you know, from giving you any targets or guidance in terms of the quantum of progress we're making.
Anyone who sees Luddington is asked to refrain from approaching him and to call the police immediately.
It urged people to "refrain from speculation in relation to this death" until the post-mortem examination has been carried out.
I'm advised that to ensure the accuracy of any forward-looking statements, it is best to refrain from any comments at this time.
City Power is strongly advising those considering stealing electricity to refrain from tampering with electrical infrastructure.
In terms of where we most likely end, I mean we'll refrain from answering that question specifically.
It’s a common refrain among health practitioners: you don’t have to do everything; just do something.
German Chancellor also says China should refrain from aggression against neighbors including Taiwan.
Wilson has repeated the refrain that he’d take the “handcuffs” off police and let them do their job.
Among religious Jews, women are not encouraged to sing in public so men refrain from attending women’s concerts if they so choose.
Common combinations with refrain
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- refrain from 168×
- to refrain 91×
- and refrain 18×
- should refrain 12×
- will refrain 8×
- the refrain 7×
- common refrain 4×
- must refrain 4×
- refrain of 4×
- familiar refrain 3×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word refrain. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.