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
Conscious that his voice must have been heard, He dared not refuse admittance to the Importuner: He strove to compose himself, and to hide his agitation.
From The Monk; a romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)
It is very hard, all the same, monsieur, to refuse admittance to one's mother.
From Doctor Pascal by Serrano, Mary J. (Mary Jane)
His wife, however, was not so bitterly contumacious as to refuse admittance to his friend, and he heard the rustle of the ponderous silk as the old woman was shown up-stairs.
From He Knew He Was Right by Trollope, Anthony
