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Example sentences for: refusal

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The Pioneer of India said it was appalled not by the idea of Clinton and Lewinsky having an affair but by "the world's refusal to be shocked by it."
, her snotty refusal to let White House elevator operators practice their trade ("I know how to run an elevator!"
The gift was returned to the university with a note of polite refusal from the Queen Mother's lady-in-waiting--thank you, but the gift was too much of a "personal nature" to accept.
But Armey's refusal to play the Washington game--to dine with media stars or golf with lobbyists--makes him an outsider.
But Chatterbox thinks the media swarm surrounding George W. Bush's refusal to say whether he's ever used cocaine is ridiculous and irresponsible.