Example Sentences

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So until Tuesday night I am abstaining not only from all kinds of meat — beef, chicken, fish — but also from my usual low-fat alternatives, like bread, cereal and pasta.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2014

Is it not a relief that I am abstaining from description of what everybody has heard described?

From Our Hundred Days in Europe by Holmes, Oliver Wendell