refuse admittance
Example Sentences
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In Calvert's case, the court held that a suspect's absence may be simply another attempt to refuse admittance, and thus permits police to break in without service.
From Time Magazine Archive
The great bulk of the visitors have been curious correspondents and press agents, to whom Carter reserved the right to refuse admittance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, greatly agitated, but not daring to refuse admittance to the dreaded soldiery, the woman unbarred the door.
From The Stowaway Girl by Tracy, Louis
And the public responded so that we filled the hall to the doors and were reluctantly constrained to refuse admittance to a host beside.
From The Morris Book, Part 1 A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England by Sharp, Cecil J.
The next morning so many made their appearance, and with such increased confidence, that after a large number had boarded the ship it was found necessary to refuse admittance to others.
From Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries by Kingston, William Henry Giles
