When the men refused to speak, they were each shot in the head.
A man watching from the road at first refused to talk.
The man refused to speak to him for a week, he said.
The men of the town refused to return to the scene until the following day.
The man turned his face away and refused to speak.
At first he thought the man would refuse to answer.
What good would that do if the man refused to take the opportunity to rest?
The men refuse to let the women go with them so they don't put their lives at risk.
They try to leave, but the men refuse to let them go.
A man pretty much always refuses another man's first offer, no matter what it is.