Use of abstain in Sentences. 28 Examples

The examples include abstain at the start of sentence, abstain at the end of sentence and abstain in the middle of sentence

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abstain at the start of sentence


  1. Abstain from sex or use condoms.
  2. Abstain from drug abuse and alcohol use.

abstain at the end of sentence


  1. Do you drink alcohol, smoke, or abstain?
  2. The sex education program encourages teens to abstain.
  3. They say it would be political suicide for the party to abstain.

abstain in the middle of sentence


  1. Only 10 percent abstain by choice.
  2. Teens are being urged to abstain from sex.
  3. He took a vow to abstain from alcohol/smoking/sex.
  4. In old age, he should abstain from acquisitiveness.
  5. The doctor has advised him to abstain from smoking.
  6. His doctor ordered him to abstain from beer and wine.
  7. Catholics are supposed to abstain from meat on Good Friday.
  8. Pilots must abstain from alcohol for 24 hours before flying.
  9. The leaders asked their representatives to abstain from voting.
  10. Patrons are requested to abstain from smoking in the restaurant.
  11. Trial volunteers are told to abstain from watching TV for a month.
  12. I will continue to abstain until Britain regains its independence.
  13. Most of the church members drink only moderately or abstain completely.
  14. You should abstain from food and caffeinated drinks before the operation.
  15. Junior politicians are supposed to abstain from criticizing the government.
  16. You are laying up trouble for yourself if you don't abstain from beer and wine.
  17. The Opposition has agreed to abstain, which means the Government will win a clear majority.
  18. He was the eighth of 18 Cabinet ministers to say he might abstain or vote against an agreement.
  19. Therapeutics may lag behind, possibly for decades, so I will abstain from discussing these aspects here.
  20. Voting is compulsory, except for registered anarchists, who are allowed to abstain, provided they fill in the correct forms.
  21. For the entire month, families abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours in an act of sacrifice and purification.
  22. This unanimity encouraged local leaders to abstain from political initiatives and to concentrate on local and day-to-day issues.
  23. Babies born to women who did not abstain from drinking during pregnancy also tend to exhibit abnormal sleep patterns after birth.

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