Which preposition to use with refrained

from Occurrences 1041%

I wondered whether she was aware of her attempt, and how near a thing it had been; but refrained from questioning her, thinking it best to let well alone.

of Occurrences 57%

But neither of them ever referred to the question again, and for some time there was a little less of the refrain of 'Am I master in my own house, or am I not?' The next morning, when a long letter came from Aylmer, from Spain, Edith read it at breakfast and Bruce didn't ask a single question.

in Occurrences 9%

He was silent while the words which he had read six weeks before and which had been ringing a ceaseless refrain in his heart ever since, obtruded themselves upon his memory.

at Occurrences 9%

" The chorus take up the refrain at intervals accompanying it with the tinkle of the ankle-bells; and then as distant drumming heralds the approach of a fresh party, they repeat the Mohurrum farewell "Ishki Husein" (Love of Husein) and pass away with the answer of the tryst-folk: "Yadi Husein" (Memory of Husein) still ringing in their ears.

for Occurrences 7%

We had refrained for two days from disturbing the deer, and our supply of fresh venison was entirely exhausted.

to Occurrences 4%

Four or five men commence a wild refrain to the accompaniment of brazen cymbals, and Rama passes the winnowing-fan, containing the dead woman's spirit, over the head of the medium.

with Occurrences 3%

He refrained with difficulty from going up to the giants, and tearing her out of their keeping.

as Occurrences 2%

" I will not turn to the book to find the exact words of this sublime vindication, for ten years I have not read the Word that has become so inexpressibly a part of me; and shall I not refrain as Mdlle.

into Occurrences 2%

I will take their refrain into my song THE BIG TOAD

like Occurrences 2%

And who, when listening to the echoes of the chambers of the restless sea when deep calleth unto deep, does not hear amid them some weird and haunting refrain like Leland's sea song?

out Occurrences 2%

I had not refrained out of calculation, but had been so occupied with Aniela that I had not thought of it.

without Occurrences 1%

Shall we really join?" Conolly struck up the refrain without further hesitation.

through Occurrences 1%

And through it all, Ina's fierce words ran in a perpetual refrain through her brain: "Love never casts awayLove never casts away.

throughout Occurrences 1%

" "Then we may count on seeing all the fellows in the enemy's ranks," the serjeant quietly remarked, helping himself to the tobacco from which he had refrained throughout the previous hours of the night, Joyce being too much of a martinet to smoke or chew on duty.

by Occurrences 1%

There are times when we should refrain from speaking all the truth, but we should refrain by silence or an adroit change of subject.

beyond Occurrences 1%

To swell some vast refrain beyond the sun, The very weed breathed music from its sod; And night and day in ceaseless antiphon Rolled off through windless arches in the broad Abyss.

on Occurrences 1%

With the utmost respect for his Excellency, I could not refrain on reading this "order of the day," from exclaiming, as Lord Thurlow did, when a breathless messenger informed him that a rebellion had broken out in the Isle of Man"pshawa tempest in a tea pot.

Which preposition to use with  refrained