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Meanings of abstinent in anglès
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abstinent Self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink.
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Examples for "abstainer"
Examples for "abstainer"
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Again we had the bottle between us, but Reverdy was an abstainer.
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My experience, since I became a total abstainer, has been the opposite.
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Still, the Judge, though he hated noisy revellers, was no total abstainer.
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The sight of the ribbon induces the curious to offer the abstainer drink.
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The Sikh drinks what he will; the Pathan is an abstainer.
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Larry's been a nondrinker his whole life.
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Or was Galimore also a nondrinker.
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There should be an article in The Irish Times every week about what it's like to be a nondrinker in this country.
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Even so, some folks -the odd nondrinker, for instance -still found it hard to get up in front of people and croon.
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Results: Nondrinkers were older and had more comorbidities than light-to-moderate and heavy drinkers.
Usage of abstinent in anglès
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We tested abstinent alcoholics and control subjects in a double-blind two-session design.
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Are there more benefits to remaining sexually abstinent than one would think?
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Hemodynamic, physiological, and behavioral parameters were compared between sated and abstinent scans.
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Of the other drugs examined only phenoxybenzamine reduced diarrhea in morphine-abstinent rats.
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The delicate, the abstinent, the reticent graces were his in the heroic degree.
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Objectives: To study the plasticity of startle reflex in currently abstinent MDMA users.
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But the young man, who was habitually and totally abstinent, shook his head.
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For model validation, participants were abstinent with daily observed urine specimens for 28 days.
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Percentages of days abstinent were assessed during treatment and over a 6-month follow-up period.
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Findings: Those who gained an abstinent network reported the largest quality of life improvements.
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Be temperate in youth, or you will have to be abstinent in old age.
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All were to be fasting and abstinent from their wives on the previous night.
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Cress is a beautiful woman, and I'd been abstinent for what seemed like years.
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I mean an old ecclesiastic who should have led a very pure, abstinent life.
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A gouty man must be moderate, not too abstinent, so as to get weak.
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Main outcome measures: Percent days abstinent from alcohol and time to first heavy drinking day.
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