Use of refrain in Sentences. 29 Examples

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

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refrain at the end of sentence


  1. Let's hope they will refrain .
  2. This is a fairly standard refrain.
  3. The choir's sopranos took up the refrain.
  4. Complaints about school food have become a familiar refrain.
  5. The protest began with a small group, but then the others took up the refrain.

refrain in the middle of sentence


  1. Please refrain from smoking.
  2. Please refrain from eating here.
  3. To refrain from rocking the boat.
  4. And beneath it, that refrain of betrayal.
  5. Her own refrain went: This is not for me.
  6. Please refrain from smoking in this area.
  7. You should refrain from unprincipled argument.
  8. Please refrain from smoking during the flight.
  9. Please refrain from smoking in the restaurant.
  10. We must refrain from spitting in public places.
  11. And one must refrain from apriori acts of belief.
  12. Will you all join in singing the refrain, please ?
  13. Please refrain from smoking during the performance.
  14. Please refrain from talking during the performance.
  15. Arafat has urged his people to refrain from violence.
  16. 'Every vote counts' is a familiar refrain in politics.
  17. Rosa's constant refrain is that she doesn't have a life.
  18. They appealed to the protesters to refrain from violence.
  19. He could not refrain his tears when he heard the bad news.
  20. "Never again" is the refrain associated with the Holocaust.
  21. It is difficult for us to refrain from laughing when we are seeing a comedy.
  22. Shoppers, so the refrain goes, are never happy until they have found a bargain.
  23. Our proposal met with the constant refrain that the company could not afford it.
  24. When breaking in an engine, you probably should refrain from high speed for the first thousand miles.

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