- present participle of refuse.
refusing
Example Sentences
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Alan Murray recently wrote here about America’s century-old companies that have survived by refusing to “let their past be an anchor.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
But it admitted its audit suffered from limitations, such as the executive in charge of planning the campaign refusing to surrender their mobile phone.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Devon Docherty, Scottish campaigns manager at Protect the Wild, said refusing a licence was a "victory for compassion, for science and for common sense".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The means they deployed were not violent resistance, but warning, watching, accompanying, documenting, delaying, material support, and refusing isolation.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
I wondered how anyone could give himself so selflessly to a forsaken land, refusing to be defeated by the considerable odds against him.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
