"refuse" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Ms. Byron-Marasek spent most of the day's session at the defendant's table writing notes, and she refused during a break to discuss the issue.
- He refused any legal assistance during his trial and delivered a speech denouncing the government instead:
- The museum refused the exhibit's stop during the national tour.
- He knew that the Coridanites were an intensely private and proud people, but refusing aid during such a time of crisis seemed beyond the pale.
- Determined to keep control of government affairs, he refused tranquilizers and general anesthesia during an operation to repair his knee.
- The governor himself refused during the just-concluded campaign to pledge to complete another four-year term if he won.
- One reason the coalition did not act improperly, the judge said, was that the Bush campaign refused its entreaties during the 1992 campaign.
- Of the women who refused fukamization during the years 81-85, only 12 percent refused a second time.
- The wealthy refused to loan money during the latter years of the seven-year cycle, refusing the poor even a temporary opportunity to make ends meet.
- The press reported the prince refused any special treatment during his Olympic stints, and lived in the same bare-bones quarters as all the other athletes.
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