"refusal" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

refusal sustantivo

sustantivo + refusal
Kolokacji: 3
Santos refusal • refusal of the government • blanket refusal
refusal + verbo
Kolokacji: 13
refusal leads • refusal causes • refusal makes • refusal results • refusal means • ...
verbo + refusal
Kolokacji: 11
protest one's refusal • explain one's refusal • give refusal • cite one's refusal • criticize one's refusal • ...
adjetivo + refusal
Kolokacji: 30
stubborn refusal • initial refusal • steadfast refusal • flat refusal • polite refusal • ...
(2) initial, American
Kolokacji: 2
(4) flat, outright, blunt
Kolokacji: 3
(6) apparent, deliberate, simple
Kolokacji: 3
(7) willful, defiant
Kolokacji: 2
1. willful refusal = umyślna odmowa willful refusal
2. defiant refusal = wyzywająca odmowa defiant refusal
  • Beyond that, she displays a truly extraordinary self-determination and honesty - a defiant refusal to take on the role of victim.
  • An almost defiant refusal swiftly began escalating throughout the network.
  • That kind of flippancy amounts to a defiant refusal to think seriously about the trade-offs involved in designing a criminal justice system.
  • At times you can almost hear his defiant refusal to pause where tradition might suggest.
  • As their lawyers prepared to appeal today's ruling, they reacted with fear, anger and a defiant refusal to return to China.
  • She sensed his hunger, his defiant refusal to accept charity from an enemy.
  • To the Editor: William Safire (column, Sept. 19) is correctly disturbed by the German defiant refusal to support the United States' opposition to Iraq.
  • Suddenly, seven shots rang out as a defiant refusal.
  • Mr. Chávez's defiant refusal to talk with the protesters, whom he called "traitors" and "subversives," further antagonized his opponents.
  • His defiant refusal to compromise his beliefs has earned the outspoken 64-year-old cleric both accolades and arrests.
preposición + refusal
Kolokacji: 20
of refusal • for one's refusal • to one's refusal • in one's refusal • with one's refusal • ...

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