abstemiousness

Abstemiousness is not an option when you're feeling low.

The young chaplain seemed to take my silence as a symptom of abstemiousness.

At the bar of Fox's were two women whose order seemed to reflect the enforced abstemiousness.

Abstinence, abstemiousness and a carefully controlled diet keep them in one piece.

Abstemiousness may be a virtue in real life.

A black servant brought us hot rum, and we both drank a good deal considering our usual abstemiousness.

His face showed the effects of his enforced abstemiousness in a marked degree.

Given the Court's newly contracted abstemiousness, what will it take, one must wonder, to permit us to reach that fundamental question?

A case for abstemiousness, it turns out, never sounds wholesome and healthy but comes across as a withdrawal of affection.

When the bill came, her abstemiousness was ignored; she wound up putting $50 on a credit card.

The tug of war between indulgence and Calvinistic abstemiousness is as old as the country itself.

She says the abstemiousness stems from the focus on work, not from moralism.

Neither will we be driven into a quiddling abstemiousness.

Caution and abstemiousness are not their forte.

Usually the tribune, with Stoic abstemiousness, limited himself to a cold bath, but after coming in out of the snow that was intolerable.

Here he pursued his studies, and by strict abstemiousness, preserved himself from many of the infirmities of old age.

Breath is conquered by abstemiousness of diet.

American legislators were not noted for their abstemiousness, and nor were the denizens of London Society.

So given the lack of any evidence-based cure, what do doctors - not generally known for their abstemiousness - do to cope?

The water tank is tiny, and he has to scrub his pots and pans with the abstemiousness of a drought victim.

So, D. wondered, what would Eliza's ideal menu be on a cold winter night for a party of eight in this the age of abstemiousness?

Disliked him and his abstemiousness, his Orderly life, his oh-so carefully wrapped sandwiches.

A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and drunkenness, frequently in honor of some holy person distinguished for abstemiousness.

Nephalism, temperance, abstinence, abstemiousness and restraint are synonyms for teetotalism.

For one, the new abstemiousness, prompted by health concerns and changing life styles, has all but eliminated the proverbial three-martini lunch (see accompanying piece).