Meanings of long abstinence in English

He sighed, and I could tell he had hated the long abstinence.

All this and his long abstinence seemed to call for a real celebration.

Speech after long silence, touching after long abstinence, has a headiness all its own.

After the long abstinence this was a sumptuous treat.

Besides, he believed that Ogier was without strength and vigor, weakened by imprisonment and long abstinence.

People who drink whisky after long abstinence from spirits are apt to sleep long, he reflected.

A bowl of milk was presented to me, to refresh me after my walk and long abstinence.

She ate but once a day, and by long abstinence had lost all relish of what she took.

Kummir al Zummaun, though extremely weakened by almost continual privation of sleep and long abstinence, soon recovered his health.

I give you leave, returned Laurie, who enjoyed having someone to tease, after his long abstinence from his favorite pastime.

For, as he said, he needed some compensation for the long abstinence enforced upon him by his habit of holy palmer.

We all suffered much inconvenience from eating animal food after our long abstinence, but particularly those men who indulged themselves beyond moderation.

Indeed, his long abstinence from piquant flavors gave him such an appetite for it that our supply of lettuce was soon exhausted.

Prince Camaralzaman, though extremely weakened by almost continual want of sleep and long abstinence from almost all food, soon recovered his health.

The latter, without a moment's delay, and with a greediness that denoted long abstinence, profited by its liberty, to crop the herbage where it stood.

The food was doubtless necessary after the great trial of the flesh she had been through, likewise pleasant after her long abstinences.