But he wisely refrained from taking the immediate offensive.
As many of the democratic principles frightened her more moderate and experienced advisers, she wisely refrained from immediately putting them into execution.
I was tempted to comment, but refrained and kept my conversation all business.
During his in-and-out-of-it hospital stay both his wife and stepfather had refrained from questioning him.
True to his word, Dean refrained from questioning Jennifer.
