refuse
Example Sentences
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The army held occasional, heavily-managed elections, but she refused to allow her party to take part.
From BBC
Landlords must consider each request for a pet to join a tenant and cannot unreasonably refuse.
From BBC
There were also plans for an underground service road to separate VIP visitors from refuse collections, a new staff entrance, a cafe and "recreation facilities" in the basement.
From BBC
Pressed by administrators, Mr. Reges refused to agree to omit his parody line in the future.
If you are worried that the odds of besting a system so ridiculously rigged are impossible, yet refuse to accept that nothing can be done, these stories may have spoken to you.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
