How To Use Refusal In A Sentence

Severe paruresis in school aged children can also lead to complete school refusal by the child, as well as more pervasive anxiety that can spread into other areas of life, such as social anxiety or even panic attacks. WebWire | Recent Headlines
I would argue that this "mire" in which we have so willingly immersed ourselves results from our refusal to use labels. What is an Atheist?
No surer sign of a female character's evilness is his disinterest or refusal to reproduce. Michael Giltz: Halloween DVDs: The Exorcist, Psycho, Troll 2 and More
But people don't know the background of arguments and backbiting that has been going on over the state of the equipment and their refusal to give us concession prices.
The insurer based its refusal on the fact that I had taken statin tablets during that period for raised cholesterol. Times, Sunday Times

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The party last night maintained its refusal to reopen the investigation. Times, Sunday Times
The implications of the refusal of the hand are clear and yet beautifully understated.
They operate through autonomous cells, strict secrecy, and a refusal to engage the enemy's strength.
You can become your own worst enemy with that stubborn refusal to accept the inevitable. The Sun
The philosopher Hannah Arendt concluded that evil lay in the refusal to think.
It just seems there has to be more to his refusal of this bill than thinking it would understaff the military. GI Bill poses challenge to McCain
The refusal to pray for an unbelieving kindred is justified, according to Mahomet, by the duty of a prophet, and the example of Abraham, who reprobated his own father as an enemy of God. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
a foursquare refusal to yield
This has made it all the more difficult to accept what they claim is the refusal of staff to heed their advice. Times, Sunday Times
And as for her steadfast refusal to give her real name... little wonder. The Sun
Yet her role as a social exemplar has not received due attention; for instance, her refusal to marry.
The political and press furore that ensued following his refusal of political asylum was substantial. Times, Sunday Times
Their refusal to cooperate is perfectly/completely understandable, considering the circumstances.
They, too, demonstrated distorted body images, hyperactivity and food refusal.
And this refusal of the author to charge the people with their own stupidity and cupidity, this refusal of the people to own up and take responsibility, is symptomatic.
The refusal of judges to give any interviews, under cover of antiquated ‘rules’ which a long forgotten lord chancellor had invented, compounded the sense that they were all, or almost all, malevolent recluses.
And while rapper Kreayshawn's refusal to identify with just one particular race is often dismissed as attention-seeking, it actually may reflect something deeper. Nick Shore: What Gaga & Minaj's Alter-Egos Say About the Shape-Shifting Millennial Generation
They have failed to produce evidence to substantiate the reason for refusal of the application.
Edith's sense of humour, her warmth and her refusal to be resentful make her a survivor in the true sense of the word.
In such circumstances, neither refusal nor apparent grant of consent would necessarily be the factor that governed the legality of the conduct in question. Times, Sunday Times
But Mr. Mubarak's language and refusal to yield to what he called the intervention of foreigners left protesters furious, the scene in Cairo precarious and the White House seemingly unable to influence events. Crisis Puts White House in Disarray
A complicating factor is her parents' refusal to cooperate with the police.
The king's persistency in begging her not to veil so austerely a face which the gods had made for the admiration of men, his evident vexation upon her refusal to appear in Greek costume at the sacrifices and public solemnities, his unsparing raillery at what he termed her barbarian shyness, all tended to convince her that the young King Candaules
Khan said the Pakistani Government's refusal to grant his wife a visa has traumatised the entire family.
It is a refusal to accept that they lost the election, and the black guy won. redleg Democrats say Republicans staging town hall protests
As I have indicated above, no reasons were given for the refusal of consent in the present case.
The misconceived refusal to give Charlie Adam a penalty and send off Philippe Senderos on the hour, a spoilsport decision to disallow a goal for Luis Suárez midway through the second half and a red card for the young midfielder Jay Spearing a few minutes later prefaced a crescendo of Fulham attacking which ended with a dreadful Pepe Reina error and a decisive tap-in for Clint Dempsey. Andy Carroll's ineffectiveness adds to Liverpool frustration at Fulham | Richard Williams
Stuffy" -- though one was tempted to think that he shared his fruit not so much from choice but rather because he disliked the hard work that was sure to follow a refusal of the pressing invitation to "go halvers. Their Yesterdays
The surge in refusals of 'resolvable' requests came despite a fall in the volume of requests. Times, Sunday Times
The thing that could easily be changed is the stubborn refusal to let technology play a part for referees. Times, Sunday Times
The latest case of miscreance is his refusal to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the rendition of a Canadian man who was taken ast JFK from a flight to his home and instead sent to Syria where he was kept in prison and tortured for a year. OpEdNews - Diary: America Back on Track... for Friday, July 25th
Their silence, to look at its positive aspect, possibly reflects a refusal to be associated with the task of making geoengineering look respectable.
Companies that trampled over shareholders' right of first refusal over new stock would do so at their peril, they muttered darkly. Times, Sunday Times
Lady Boothroyd stood by her refusal to grant the privileges when she was Speaker, saying she had been determined to ‘protect the rules of the House of Commons’.
The announcement follows recent refusals by two judges to take early retirement despite pressure from the government.
I don't believe that could happen today, one of my students sighed in blank refusal of this simple chain of reasoning.
While more than four out of 10 non-drinkers said other people viewed their refusal to drink as odd, a third of drinkers added that other people would think it odd if they were to give up alcohol.
You give hugely to the town and the country but when you look for a little back for yourself, you get a blank refusal.
A number of stories, partly fuelled by the British government's refusal to release all the relevant files, have grown up around Hess and his mission.
That's the best weapon we have against these evil people, our flat refusal to allow them to divert us more than momentarily from our daily lives.
The British government has remained steadfast in its refusal to return the marbles.
But the war over, peace came, and came as a levin stroke from a clear sky the Great Refusal, the abdication by that nation of world leadership. The United States and the League of Nations
I could tell that my refusal to allow him to ruffle me infuriated him. FOLLOW THE SHARKS
The conservatives 'negative spin on the word coincided with the Democrats refusal to defend it. Michael Schaub: Why You Should Be Proud To Be Liberal
When I reached the desk, I got blank faces and flat refusals.
They were accused of the stubborn refusal to accept Christ's Godhead and His sacrifice.
The rising euro and the refusal of the EU commissariat to reflate the EU economy implies that the exporting side of the Irish economy will be squeezed.
Although Winterscale Street is a cul-de-sac, highway officials admit they have no safety concerns which would warrant refusal.
Using the humanistic technique of history and reminiscence, this article traces the idiosyncracies of the pythagorean philosophy: the refusal to put law in writing, the use of hieroglyphs, the dependence upon oracular judgment, the belief in multiple lives, askesis and akousmata, and places them at the root of what is most emblematically common law. Archive 2008-04-01
After the ruler's next refusal, a plague of locusts smote the land and Moses brought a darkness for three days.
Our plan has been laid low by his refusal to cooperate with us.
Mr Watson is appealing against the latest refusal of bail.
I would write to the insurer again asking it to reconsider its initial refusal. The Sun
The representational strategies this body of fiction deploys in depicting Eurasians can be seen as a refusal to allow the history of the Anglo-Indian community into the official colonial narrative.
If either party persists in refusal to confirm, and cannot show injury, that party's behavior is declared inurbane. The Galaxy Primes
There was the icy refusal to be claimed by folkies, protesters, rockers, popsters or, indeed, anybody.
While I think his ethical position is, if uninteresting, unexceptionable enough, his refusal to confront the political connection Foucault makes except with such bland dismissiveness is insufficient precisely because uninteresting. Notes on 'Foucault and the Hedgerow History of Sexuality'
The rising euro and the refusal of the EU commissariat to reflate the EU economy implies that the exporting side of the Irish economy will be squeezed.
How can we take without either a shudder or a laugh the abject refusal of Emmathat "imaginist," self-indulgent, independent, charmingly creative and snobbish heroineto call Knightley "George" after they are betrothed: "I never can call you any thing but Mr. Knightley" (III. xvii, 420). Box Hill and the Limits of Realism
By the time of his death in 2001, of course, he had become a respected conventional artist, but in those days he had attracted much opprobrium by his contempt for the art world and his refusal to conform in any way to its conventions.
This refusal is key to the pleasures found in Diggers, the small-scale social comedy directed with almost unerring tact. GreenCine Daily: Diggers.
Inadequate payments and arbitrary refusals to honor bills by government and private industry are financially starving the health care system to the detriment of us all.
Progress has been debilitated by a refusal to share ideas.
Initial refusal of a claim can lead to a lengthy and expensive review and appeal process. Times, Sunday Times
The previous administration's stubborn refusal to build more prison places led it into the absurd position of early release. Times, Sunday Times
Two members had remained exceedingly hostile to the case, and because of their refusal to compromise the jury declared: ‘We are unanimously of the opinion that the book in question is calculated to deprave public morals, but at the same time we entirely exonerate the defendants from any corrupt motives in publishing it.’ Important Battles « Tales from the Reading Room
The refusal to see it, to be touched by it, which was so infinitely better than either sympathy or enthusiasm.
I couldn't tell if his refusal to talk was simple stubbornness.
The first is that any refusal to be specific will look shifty and evasive. Times, Sunday Times
Despite her refusal to buy anything, the salesman measured her bed while she lay on it and plumped up pillows around her back and feet.
She also has the integrity to remain uncompromising in the refusal to acknowledge opinions that are not grounded in truth.
Even applying on the phone or in person instead of in writing could justify a refusal.
Your mother is very grieved by your refusal to return home.
Where the person in charge of the unit under inspection refuses to sign, the supervisor or inspector shall put such refusal on record and report it to the port administration authority.
For his admirers that clear vision was reflected in his unbending refusal to consider ‘a betrayal of the great principle for which we have been fighting for the last 30 or 40 years.’
He left as his legacy not the dream of an independent state, but a corrupt and chaotic system and the steadfast refusal to compromise.
The railway company's refusal to furnish cars for loading direct from the farmer's wagon compelled the shipper to sell to the elevator operator for whatever price he could get, accepting whatever weights the operator allowed and whatever "dockage" he chose to decree. Deep Furrows
Her refusal to answer was tantamount to an admission of guilt.
Clarke has responded to his critics with a dollop of wistful regret, followed by an adamant refusal to back down.
The child's refusal to comply may not seem as bad as the child's habit of answering back.
Professor Paterson, later to resign from the committee over the BBC's ultimate refusal to budge over the issue, has provided an account of this meeting.
But I also give McCain immense credit for his by all accounts genuine refusal to demonize critics of the war (or any other of his political opponents). Balkinization
The special history of literary transcendence is ultimately unintelligible and idiosyncratic; its meticulous particularity, a refusal of judgment.
That decision will be made without an oral hearing, and there will be no appeal against refusal.
Indeed, the limited ability of the organizers to control the maskers was demonstrated by their refusal to participate in a three-quarter-mile carnival-style parade in the intense heat.
A refusal to bend to underhand practices is admirable, but an inability to present a united front has been negligent. Times, Sunday Times
In some States, refusal to comply is itself resisting arrest without violence. The Volokh Conspiracy » An Interesting Case Involving Open Carry, Defense of Property, and Allegedly Resisting Arrest
One is the refusal to use the IPA -- to the point that sometimes different transcriptions are used for different languages, so that an underdot can mean an ejective, a retroflex, a pharyngealized consonant and who knows what else. How NOT to reconstruct a protolanguage
He added that there was ‘annoyance’ among the party grass-roots about the British ‘refusal’ to demilitarise.
The child's refusal to comply may not seem as bad as the child's habit of answering back.
But he was isolated, and something more than a blank refusal was required.
Many people are puzzled by us, and their anxious befuddlement translates into crude stereotyping or, unconsciously perhaps, a refusal to see us at all. Where are all the lesbians?
His radicalism and refusal to compromise isolated him.
He kept getting the same refusal but seemed to be screening out the uncompliant words. Times, Sunday Times
He was too arrogant to notice anything beyond her refusal to talk.
Is it a scared refusal to see Islamist terrorism for the implacable, irrational enemy it is?
Like many autobiographers, her honesty leans towards self-indulgence in her refusal to attempt to give the reader anything more than a blandly introspective narrative.
But perceived greed, incompetence and a steadfast refusal to accept blame have dealt them yet another self-inflicted wound. Times, Sunday Times
It was his refusal to accede to the woman's demands that had persuaded her. CHAMELEON
In Sydney, ice sculptures of kangaroos and koalas melted during a protest by green groups over Australia's refusal to ratify the pact.
The report says the board's panel was clear that the mere denial of guilt could not, of itself, justify refusal of a progressive move through the system, including eventual release.
The first was the Imperium's bloody-minded refusal to die beneath the weight of heresy, secession, alien aggres?sion and daemonancy.
It was his refusal to accede to the woman's demands that had persuaded her. CHAMELEON
Their most recent failure: refusal to ever "expedite" consideration of PFOA, the stuff of Teflon which a panel of U.S. Al Meyerhoff: Chemical Soup
The previous administration's stubborn refusal to build more prison places led it into the absurd position of early release. Times, Sunday Times
Her refusal to help complicates matters.
If the Court pleases, this matter concerns the transfer of mining leases from one of the BHP companies to the applicant, and the refusal of ministerial consent to that transfer.
A lot of the anger was directed at the chairman of the IFA beet committee over his apparent refusal to go all out for a compensatory payment for farmers.
Even the action groups, who are still smarting from failing to win a single board seat and Treves's dogged refusal to co-opt any of them on to the board, wholeheartedly support his chairmanship.
The balance of likely value as against the difficulties of redaction favoured an order for inspection rather than a refusal. Times, Sunday Times
The refusal of the cop to apologise is stupid and racist. Police group: Obama should apologize
When these were recommended for refusal, the plans were resubmitted to propose one additional jetty and an extension on the current one.
We wonder if they also regret their stubborn refusal to compromise. The Sun
And apologists for Labour's refusal to organise in Northern Ireland can not in all conscience describe themselves as democrats.
But perceived greed, incompetence and a steadfast refusal to accept blame have dealt them yet another self-inflicted wound. Times, Sunday Times
Many people feel cheated by the government's refusal to hold a referendum.
Wind said connection refusals have been anomalously high among its applications for them, the Antitrust Authority said. Telecom Italia Faces Antitrust Probe in Italy
This has made it all the more difficult to accept what they claim is the refusal of staff to heed their advice. Times, Sunday Times
The "mild" cases showed a group of symptoms which might be termed contra-environmental, viz. allopsychic delusions, sicchasia (refusal of food), resistiveness, violence, destructiveness. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology
There is another shocking moment in Juliet's bedroom when her mother and father are remonstrating with her about her refusal to accept Paris.
For Israelis, that refusal translates as a denial of any Jewish connection to the land, which in turn means that the conflict is still open. The American Prospect Articles
I admire his steadfast refusal to be anyone other than himself.
Twenty points are awarded if the horse refuses to jump an obstacle, a second refusal at the same fence costs 40 points and a third means elimination.
You can become your own worst enemy with that stubborn refusal to accept the inevitable. The Sun
She'd gone for the lie, agog at my close-lipped refusal to breach client confidentiality. KICK BACK
She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation
Examples of abuse of a dominant position include overcharging, discrimination against suppliers, unjustifiable refusals to supply and predatory pricing.
The last is called by some casuists the refusal assentive. INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition)
He reasoned that Eisenhower’s refusal to intervene against Goldwater had hardened into yet another of the many laws by which he lived his life: permanent and undeviating neutrality in all prenomination battles involving Republicans in order to preserve the effectiveness of his support in the general election. Going Home to Glory
Lex, see what you miss with your stubborn refusal to own a T.V.?
However, this is more surely an argument for adequate preparation than for a refusal to appear.
Their refusal to compromise will inevitably invite more criticism from the UN.
The British government has remained steadfast in its refusal to return the marbles.
No such luck; I was met with a point-blank refusal.
When denial resulted in a patient's refusal to develop these skills, we had to intervene.
We interpreted his silence as a refusal.
Please do not redeem this voucher against any other product as refusal to accept may cause embarrassment. The Sun
Part of anima is sense, and part is urgency, and part is a connection to the real (even if that connection is a refusal). Poetic Machines 01 : Christian Bök : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
Eisenhower had his greatest difficulties with the Army, for it suffered most from his refusal to increase the Defense Department budget.
The Bill's central feature was the creation of a new right of appeal against a refusal of asylum.
The term Passover refers to the Jewish homes that were "passed over" by God's angel of death, sent to snatch the Egyptians' firstborn as punishment for the pharaoh's refusal to free the Jewish slaves. The Seattle Times
What impressed me most was his refusal to be doctrinaire, his openness to sharp ideas no matter where on the political spectrum they came from.
Houston used all his mighty personal influence, and all his charmful, potent eloquence to keep Texas in _the Union_, he failed, and was deposed from the Governorship on his refusal to sign the Ordinance of Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
He is now staying with friends in Levenshulme and plans to appeal against refusal to grant him asylum.
The strike is over management's refusal to solve a long-running land dispute.
They were offended by his refusal to attend the party.
On his refusal to install the new magistrates appointed by Maupeou after the suppression of the Parliaments, he was transferred to the intendance of Provence and then to La Rochelle. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
I didn't know whether to interpret her silence as acceptance or refusal.
Your patient answer just adds up to refusal.
I will take your failure to comply with this reasonable request as a refusal.
Justifying their occupation of Delium, the Athenians call the Boeotian refusal to return their dead a greater sacrilege. THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES
The US government remained steadfast in its refusal to do any deals for the release of the hostages. Times, Sunday Times
Her answer amounted to a complete refusal.
It was his refusal to accede to the woman's demands that had persuaded her. CHAMELEON
Above all it is the seriousness, the consistent refusal to engage in light banter or jollity, the unflinching Puritanism (as of Elders of the Kirk), indeed the crippling shyness that strike one most forcefully nearly fifty years on. Archive 2009-04-01
Have his imperious manner, refusal to answer questions and gratuitous insults to critics betrayed a complacency that upsets voters? Times, Sunday Times
The issue you face here seems totally behavioural: a stubborn refusal. Times, Sunday Times
The church was further bolstered in 1563 when another Act of Uniformity made refusal to take the oath, or the defence of papal authority, a treasonable offence.
A developer could go ahead without applying for planning permission, or could even ignore a refusal of permission.
From 1945 onwards, few cared to question whether this Churchillian refusal to negotiate with Stalin, or any other dictator, actually makes things worse - that would have sounded as though excuses were being made for misrule.
In official quarters, there is also a refusal to admit that society's obsession with the safety, calorific content, amount or quality of the food that we eat is more unhealthy than any number of fad diets or burger bars.
Their refusal means that Congress members are checkmated from mentioning such matters in public.
And in keeping with the theme here ... noting that the disparate impact is so obvious with respect to the refusal to include abortion coverage and to even go so far as disallowing people from obtaining any gap-cover insurance that would cover an abortion: keep in mind that the GOP's and fundy morons 'response to that concern is "so stop reproducing." sj GOP head demands apology for slavery remark
Little as Mavis was disposed to find harbourage for herself and little one in the unhomely places she inspected, she was hurt by the refusals encountered. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl
His intransigence was a refusal to bend within the social sciences.
The apparent refusal is being described by some American intelligence analysts as an indication of a significant divide between the groups.
Aesthetic values, on the other hand, are a celebration of mind over matter, a refusal to yield to the brute presence of the given, the triumph of imagination, anticipation and longing, over the world of things.
He refused to reject their refusal of his refusal. The Times Literary Supplement
Their refusal puts us in a difficult position.
It sounds as if your property qualifies for the right of first refusal. Times, Sunday Times
In Vietnam, for example, a direct refusal or negative answer is considered impolite and crude.
On more than one occasion she has been a lifesaver, but there are times when I think I will snap in the face of the woman's dictatorial refusal to acknowledge much less join the 21st century.
But, honestly, the vast, and entirely gratuitous, sense of entitlement displayed by her campaign combined with the utter refusal by her and her supporters to recognize that she's endangering our best chance to pull out a big win in a must-win election smacks of Naderism, writ large. Report: Hillary Is Not "Unelectable," And The Polling Data Prove It
Thus the ‘treatment’ in question was the refusal of support combined with the denial of the right to work.
The thing that could easily be changed is the stubborn refusal to let technology play a part for referees. Times, Sunday Times
Do you know that for a refusal to answer questions I can commit you to prison for contempt?
Britain's refusal to sell Portugal arms in 1937 still rankled with him.
It's about hard work and guts and determination and a refusal to give up when things look bad. The Sun
The plan was doomed to fail by their refusal to give it any financial support.
The daughter's steadfast refusal to enter into a state of matrimony is in large part due to having a secret lover of her own.
As usual, it boils down to the President's mulish refusal to please the French.
Refusal to work or enroll leads to permanent dismissal from welfare.
It is said that the refusal to discharge the jury was an unreasonable exercise of discretion.
He refused to reject their refusal of his refusal. The Times Literary Supplement
Their refusal to remove the public - house will put a premium on drinking in the district.
The bank has ignored the long-established right of first refusal for its existing investors, who now face dilution. Times, Sunday Times
Her request was met with a flat refusal.
Many people feel cheated by the government's refusal to hold a referendum.
We voters must not feel singled out by the Prime Minister's refusal to lay the full facts before us.
Against the backdrop of the London trial, their win in the UAE, against a side ranked above them, represented a heartening refusal to be steamrollered by events beyond their control. Pakistan Shows Resilience Amid Turmoil
We reassure her with cuddles and often give in to her refusal to do something. Times, Sunday Times
An indictment is far from a conviction but as Martin Kramer points out, this refusal to recognise inconvenient truths is also proving an indictment on their claims of expertise.
The refusal to bulk in wagonloads and to hire forwarding agents aggravated delays in the delivery of goods as well as station congestion.
This refusal to take any refreshment seemed to him the most odious hypocrisy; all priests tippled on the sly, and were trying to bring back the days of the tithe. Madame Bovary
Beyond their settings, what these future-war games have in common with the Modern Warfare series is a refusal to forthrightly acknowledge the inspiration for their subject matter.

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