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Example sentences for "could not refrain from"

  • Listening to the conversation of the monks, and especially to what Hugo von Danveld said, he could not refrain from astonishment.

  • Zbyszko was so dazzled by all this wealth that during supper, he could not refrain from admiration.

  • I could not refrain from smiling, but assured him that Herr Katze had not thought of such a thing, and begged him not to communicate his name to me, so that he might see that we females were not so curious as we are said to be.

  • I could not refrain from smiling, and enjoyed the scene as much as I should have done the second act of Mozart's Don Giovanni.

  • I could not refrain from laughing, and bared my arm to prove to them that I did not belong to the Arab race.

  • Carefully I dressed myself, and after I was dressed I could not refrain from slipping to the bedside to bend over him once again,--for he was the only one in my life with whom I had found true companionship.

  • At this I could not refrain from looking at Miss Trevor.

  • And you seem to prefer the small hours for your visits, Monsieur de St. Gre," I could not refrain from replying.

  • He could not refrain from exercising an unusual scrutiny when he had entered the room.

  • Her lively and refined taste, and her highly cultured mind, could not refrain from responding to these glorious spectacles.

  • I could not help it; when I thought that his dear head had rested there so often and so lately, I could not refrain from pressing my lips to that favoured resting-place, and I am afraid I shed a tear besides.

  • But while she controlled herself she could not refrain from questioning M.

  • He could not refrain from a gesture of surprise which did not escape Jondrette.

  • And Mr. Nighthawk smiled so sadly, that I could not refrain from laughter.

  • As I pressed the hand of my host, and looked around the poor apartment, I could not refrain from a sentiment of profound bitterness.

  • I could not refrain from a sentiment of profound gloom, as I listened to these sombre predictions.

  • He could not refrain from saying, however, that Eric had previously left the villa to go to a musical festival, and had won a surprising reputation there.

  • He could not refrain from saying to Manna beforehand, that he intended to dedicate the castle in the autumn, on her birthday; but she desired that this should be omitted.

  • He turned away and wandered about the garden; yet he could not refrain from returning to the spot where the dog was being buried.

  • The automaton bowed to me, and I could not refrain from smiling on it as my own son.

  • These counsels, and the familiar, almost protecting, tone in which they were given, appeared to me strange; and I could not refrain from expressing my surprise to the man of business.

  • I had some difficulty in persuading him that I had not been assisted by any one in my work, but when at last I removed his doubts, he could not refrain from complimenting me.

  • Four or five seconds after the same movement occurred, and I could not refrain from saying, "Another, O my God!

  • Certain that Laura would come again early the next morning, I could not refrain from writing to both of them a short letter, it is true, but long enough to assure them that reason had again taken possession of my poor brain.

  • After saying these words, Bettina broke into such a loud peal of laughter, that I could not refrain from joining in it.

  • A few leases for long terms were signed and sealed; and when I had thus my own way completely, I could not refrain from recurring to Mr. M'Leod's opinion.

  • I could not refrain from whispering, "Don't cry--I am alive.

  • I could not refrain from shrugging my shoulders, as I replied: "Your men will not secure any evidence or any witnesses.

  • Our eyes met, and I read in hers so much anxiety and fear that I could not refrain from speaking to her: "Are you ill, madame?

  • I could not refrain from laughter, his rage was so grotesque.

  • He could not refrain from musing on the singular events of the last few days; and, above all, the character of Beckendorff particularly engrossed his meditation.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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