Sample Sentences for
abstinence
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    Abstinence.†  (source)
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    They may practice abstinence or birth control— other than slaughtering the newborn-until the entire band reaches an age where new blood will soon be needed.†  (source)
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    The school board has decided that "Merryweather High-Home of the Trojans" didn't send a strong abstinence message, so they have transformed us into the Blue Devils.†  (source)
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    Florentino Ariza had stripped her of the virginity of a conventional marriage, more pernicious than congenital virginity or the abstinence of widowhood.†  (source)
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    Three small whiskies had gone to his head and Gallaher's strong cigar had confused his mind, for he was a delicate and abstinent person.†  (source)
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    Some, as thou sawest, by violent stroke shall die; By fire, flood, famine, by intemperance more In meats and drinks, which on the earth shall bring Diseases dire, of which a monstrous crew Before thee shall appear; that thou mayest know What misery the inabstinence of Eve Shall bring on Men.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inabstinence means not and reverses the meaning of abstinence. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
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    The frequency of the warnings and the continued abstinence of Mr B with respect to Hiroshima had made its citizens jittery; a rumour was going around that the Americans were saving something special for the city.†  (source)
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    He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge.†  (source)
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    I vainly reminded him of his protracted abstinence from food: if he stirred to touch anything in compliance with my entreaties, if he stretched his hand out to get a piece of bread, his fingers clenched before they reached it, and remained on the table, forgetful of their aim.†  (source)
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    The bargain might appear unequal; but there was still another consideration in the scales; for while Jekyll would suffer smartingly in the fires of abstinence, Hyde would be not even conscious of all that he had lost.†  (source)
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    But I may as well say—en passant, as the French remark—that I myself—that is to say, Jack Bunger, late of the reverend clergy—am a strict total abstinence man; I never drink—†  (source)
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    He spoke to Abra of the necessity for abstinence and decided that he would live a life of celibacy.†  (source)
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    My abstinence felt noble because it was so very difficult.†  (source)
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