Refused
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1165 examples of Refused in a sentence
In fact, I
refused
to go home even to pack a bag, I slept by his bed, when he could eat, I made all his food, and we cried, one or other or both of us together, every day.
And she said yes, but she
refused
to smile.
He
refused
to do that until he actually achieved his objective of freeing South Africa from apartheid.
Because she refused, she was tortured.
It took me a while, but eventually I
refused
to serve in the West Bank and had to spend time in jail.
The Palestinians
refused.
He was beaten up when he
refused
to confess that he threw stones, and as a result, had internal injuries that caused his death soon after he was released from prison.
Now, as a devout Muslim, he
refused
alcohol, didn't touch the stuff.
It was total nonsense, and I
refused
to accept that punishment.
The feel of water on my skin was like pins and needles, and so for years, I
refused
to shower.
The end of torturous public judicial executions in Europe and America was partly to do with being more humane towards the criminal, but it was also partly because the crowd obstinately
refused
to behave in the way that they should.
The parents were terrified for their children, and they collectively
refused
to disembark.
And perhaps worst of all, for a period of several years, Myriad
refused
to update its test to include additional mutations that had been identified by a team of researchers in France.
But even after being deposed and exiled, he
refused
to give up, escaping from his prison and launching a bold attempt at restoring his empire before being defeated for the second and final time.
While the tiger and horse refused, the kind-hearted ox agreed to carry the rat across.
And even though most of you prepared for Y2K in a very different way, I'm convinced that you are here because some part of you has done the same thing that I have done since the dawn of this new century, since my mother left and my father stayed away and my Lord
refused
to come.
CVS is the one that used to be the most commonly used, and I hated CVS with a passion and
refused
to touch it and tried something else that was radical and interesting and everybody else hated.
So when the government came knocking, Risen did what many brave reporters have done before him: he
refused
and said he'd rather go to jail.
So they organized a general strike, in which people throughout the country
refused
to work.
Parents simply
refused
to send them.
It was amazing to me how many people
refused
to take the long, meandering path to the left, and just cut through to the right, cut through the desire path.
He also cultivated a mysterious persona, and
refused
to confirm or deny any speculations about the meaning of his work.
For nine months, he
refused
paid work and lived off the earnings of his wife.
The company
refused
to have its algorithm be challenged in open court.
But the court
refused
to allow Emma to put two causes of action together to tell her story because he believed that, by allowing her to do that, she would be able to have preferential treatment.
Whether it be via distraction, substance use, thrill-seeking or the scrupulous policing of my inner speak, I
refused
to be static and silent.
When my husband was still just an anonymous Twitter acquaintance, our discussions frequently became hard and pointed, but we always
refused
to escalate.
When they finally caught him, he confessed that he killed the girl because she
refused
to have sex with him.
She refused, she protested, she spoke up whenever she felt she was being deprived of access, of land, that sort of thing.
One working elephant
refused
to set a log down into a hole where a dog was sleeping, while elephants encountering injured humans have sometimes stood guard and gently comforted them with their trunk.
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