Abstemious in a Sentence ?
- Gerald was abstemious at dinner and only ate a little of the food on his plate.
- Because I was abstemious with alcohol when I was younger, I am still quite healthy in my later years.
- The best way to avoid becoming obese is by being abstemious and only eating what is necessary to survive.
How do you use abstemious in a sentence?
We have been extraordinarily abstemious. We were very abstemious—teetotallers and non-smokers. This was partly possible because of his abstemious habits, eschewing both tobacco and strong drink. The pair's increasingly erratic behavior distressed their more abstemious father, and the worry weakened him.
What does abstemious mean?
: marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol an abstemious drinker also : reflecting such restraint an abstemious diet.
