refuse to receive
Example Sentences
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He also warned MPs it was not acceptable to refuse to receive communications by email or insist on only receiving electronic communications.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2023
Morehouse research will also look at delays in receiving health care including why women wait or refuse to receive care.
From Washington Times • Dec. 8, 2019
"Why, no, it won't; the old miser, disgusted with the idea of prospective husbands he doesn't know, will refuse to receive any more of them, and will consent to give you his daughter."
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de
This lady was so notorious that even Queen Elizabeth had to refuse to receive her, but her faults were the faults of the age she lived in.
From The Viceroys of Ireland by O'Mahony, Charles
If the Marchesa finds out about the marriage this way, she will, of course, refuse to receive Luisa into her house, and then what are the children to do?
From The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico by Fogazzaro, Antonio
