4 example sentences using abstemious.
Abstemious used in a sentence
Abstemious in a sentence as an adjective
"Someone trying to live well would seem eccentrically abstemious in most of the US.
No one produces wine in an abstemious society for obvious reasons.
One sense of "normal" is statistically normal……someone trying to live well would seem eccentrically abstemious in most of the US.
If, for example, we are in an abstemious society no one will demand wine, then it is foolish to try to produce wine under those circumstances.
Abstemious definitions
adjective
sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy
adjective
marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"