"refuse" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Ambassador Stephen Bosworth curtly refused Mr. Enrile's pleas for support, steering a conservative course that embittered the Filipinos.
- But the soldier curtly refused, saying the king had forbidden any messages to be carried.
- But she curtly refuses her consent on grounds that the two are wayward drunkards.
- I stopped in at the office and picked up the new room key, curtly refusing to engage with Bert in any more of his rambling dialogues.
- So in the end they went out alone, Auster having curtly refused an offer to join them.
- He is being sought by his alma mater, South Carolina, and his future is so much in question, he curtly refused to answer questions tonight on the subject.
- Granddad again curtly refuses, as Riley rides by on his brand-new bike and spouts the "Stop Snitching" catchphrase.
- Nervous in front of the iron-gray tactician, Stevenson pulls a pack of Luckies from his coat pocket, but Rommel curtly refuses him permission to light up.
- He would have curtly refused any such maimed invitation to any other place.
- The old skipper refused curtly when Walter suggested that they bring out the long oars.
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