Example Sentences

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I had been abstaining from food during the day as well, in part to see how the Saudis did it, and also because there was none for sale until nightfall.

From Forbes • Feb. 2, 2011

He had been abstaining lately; now his besetting appetite rushed upon him.

From Alice of Old Vincennes by Thompson, Maurice