Thesaurus / abstinent
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The lecturer was convinced that as a result of his lectures his students were exceptionally chaste and abstinent.
THE SEXUAL LIFE OF THE CHILDALBERT MOLLHe had sworn that he would maintain his manner of abstinent living till he fell in love with a girl who loved him in return.
TRAMPING ON LIFEHARRY KEMPBut my poverty kept me abstinent and my youthful romanticism kept me chaste until my married life was well under way.
TONO BUNGAYH. G. WELLSAnother glutton, in contrast with whom Fordyce was an abstinent, was Dr. Beauford.
THE FUNNY SIDE OF PHYSICA. D. CRABTREIt costs less than nothing to avoid overeating and overweight, and to be totally abstinent from alcohol and tobacco.
HOW TO LIVEIRVING FISHER AND EUGENE FISKHe was most abstinent, full of devotion for the mass, and above measure humble.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898: VOLUME XXXII, 1640DIEGO ADUARTEThese unfortunate creatures cannot be temperate, they must therefore be abstinent.
TOBACCO AND ALCOHOLJOHN FISKEThey found him abstinent, and they made him a guzzler of firewater.
THE COLONIAL CAVALIERMAUD WILDER GOODWINThey found him abstinent, and they made him a guzzler of fire water.
AMERICANA EBRIETATISHEWSON L. PEEKEWhile he said he was temperate on theory, it was not so--he was practically abstinent.
THE LINCOLN STORY BOOKHENRY L. WILLIAMSWORDS RELATED TO ABSTINENT
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