abstemious

Example Sentences

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During his visit at Cluain Mhic Nóis, Artt makes few complaints about the abbot’s lax management, but everything about his abstemious manner suggests how disappointed he is.

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2022

Though the heroes rock vivid, metallic ensembles, villainous Gorr the God Butcher is more abstemious: He wears only a white robe, and all color vanishes from the shadowy realm where he dwells.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2022

The holiday follows the abstemious 40-day period of Lent, and it arrives in springtime in the Northern hemisphere, meaning that it’s a day of symbolic spiritual triumph that usually also feels like one.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2020

A properly dressed salad is no more abstemious than anything else.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2019

“I should have guessed. Too opulent for your abstemious revolutionary and yourself, I take it?”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie