refrain

Preposition: from

• smoking: Guests are asked to refrain from smoking in the bedrooms.
• voting: The Member must always declare that they have visited the premises and, if in doubt, should refrain from voting.
• interference: No course was therefore left but to refrain from all interference.
• action: You should neither act, nor refrain from action, on the basis of any such information.
• planting: It does not follow that I cannot refrain from planting.
• act: I call on all parties and their leadership to refrain from such acts and restore respect for the rule of law.

Converse of object

• sing: But before our coda, allow us to sing one last refrain.
• repeat: All this is to repeat the refrain that the tool is a reflection of the mind of the tool-maker.
• echo: His comments echo an increasingly common refrain ringing out across the globe.
• please: In the interest of patient safety please refrain from using mobile phones within the hospital.

Adjective modifier

• repeated: A repeated refrain, " i've been thinking about my doorbell " .
• scarce: The people, giving judgment, could scarce refrain from violence, and signified their verdict by their acclamations.
• vocal: The rattling of the rails against Ely's wailing vocal refrain.
• familiar: It suggests a state of the nation novel, but equally it is the familiar refrain of the old and middle aged.
• common: His comments echo an increasingly common refrain ringing out across the globe.

Modifying Another Word

• wisely: He wisely refrained from putting his arm round me, just kept me plied with coffee.
• deliberately: Because Freud deliberately refrains from both these popular options, he has always come under fire from both sides of the equation.

Noun used with modifier

• cannot: It does not follow that I cannot refrain from planting.
• guitar: It's an understated, slow-paced ballad with a pleasant melody, and some lovely acoustic guitar refrains.