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
Kudashû, therefore, was ordered to refuse admittance to any one that should seek audience with the king that night.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton
Great men and princes of this world are not always to be spoken with, and frequently refuse admittance to their petitioners; being engaged either by the necessities or diversions of life.
From True Christianity by Arndt, Johann
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
