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Example sentences for: refuse

How can you use “refuse” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

One break: The most dangerous additive smells so bad when it's present in water, that most people refuse to drink it.
Neighbors and other customers, for instance, may refuse to purchase vegetables or poultry from someone associated with HIV [12].
The editorial concluded by saying Americans might refuse to put the Lewinsky affair behind them, "especially if they have daughters who could be interns in the White House, or any other house for that matter."
If HMOs refuse to participate, however, the whole reform plan is dead.
Russia and India, which have something resembling free elections, are stagnating because they refuse to liberalize their economies.