refuse
Example Sentences
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Gallantry is being the victor and refusing to humiliate.
But the Senate ultimately refused to remove Chase from office, Roberts noted approvingly.
But lured by a fake advert for a charity job in Africa devised by reporters seeking to confront him, he was filmed in Brussels in 2010 refusing to answer questions about his past.
From BBC
That was the toughest column I have ever written, as I was acknowledging something I refused to admit for five years.
From Los Angeles Times
The tanker, sanctioned for allegedly shipping oil to U.S.-designated terrorist organizations, made an unusual move last weekend, executing a U-turn, refusing to be boarded and racing away from Venezuela at full speed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
