In particular, the people must refrain from killing the ruler, no matter how tyrannical he may have become.

I know for a fact that many people refrain from voting on purpose as a gesture of protest.

You may ask, "Where's the news value in noting that people can refrain from committing genocide?"

The group's advertisements will urge people to refrain from deriding others.

Indeed, most people will refrain, since most are not researchers in the first place.

But people just won't refrain, as illustrated by the rise of "sextortion" cases across the country.

Vulnerable people should stay indoors and refrain from physical activity on days when sulfur dioxide levels are high.

I only wish these people would refrain from insisting that their perceptions are more real than my reality and experiences.

If it is not guaranteed many people will refrain from using it.

In another, he will ask people to refrain from drinking, to serve as a designated driver and "be the life of the party."