abstinent

Example Sentences

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To get R95 funding, they also cannot require people to be totally abstinent before being admitted.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024

Harm reduction is the idea that someone does not need to be completely sober or abstinent from drugs in order to receive treatment and care or community support and sympathy.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

He said he had gone a year without drinking and pledged to "remain abstinent to offer the greatest chance for my own health to continue to improve".

From BBC • May 24, 2023

“The restaurant business tends to require a lot of face-to-face contact, and that makes those jobs harder right now, wearing masks, dealing with abstinent customers, and the risk of getting COVID,” she said.

From Washington Times • Feb. 3, 2022

Borrowing and begging from all the neighbors within reach were first resorted to, but when these failed all were alike reduced to the longing which unwillingly abstinent snuff-takers alone know.

From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by Billings, E. R.