Frustratingly, Dusty's refusal to engage in battle seemed only to harden her hostility.

Geiger's refusal to play with pain seems to be bothering Brown.

My refusal did not seem to make him angry at all.

The refusal seemed to take forever to speak, and it was a child's voice which spoke.

Curiously, this refusal did not seem to affect the Indians too much.

The refusal didn't seem to bother her.

Her refusal to leave the hills for a more conventional abode seemed to him a touch haughty.

His refusal to answer seemed only to feed the growing frenzy.

The refusals were always individual; however, within each maternity home, each refusal seemed to continue the previous one.

Besides, a refusal would seem as if she placed too much importance on an accepted practice.