Sentence examples for A firm refusal from inspiring English sources

During a recent performance, he responded to a request for Randy with a firm refusal in the form of a very short story: "Randy was getting a blow job near a volcano and he fell in and died".

Britain and France have already agreed to make a joint and identical decision, whether it be a reluctant acceptance of Herr Hitler's stiff terms or a firm refusal to be intimidated, or an effort once more to devise some sort of a compromise.

Four sitting Democrats voted against her in the last speaker election, and at least 12 of the incoming House Democrats made statements critical of Pelosi on the campaign trail, ranging from a general call for new leadership to a firm refusal to support her becoming speaker again.

She met him with a firm refusal.

The ruler offered to make Lafayette minister to the United States, but was met with a firm refusal, as Lafayette would not have anything to do with Napoleon's government.

But when he meets in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, with King Abdullah, he should be prepared for a polite but firm refusal, Saudi officials and political experts say.

A Frequently Asked Questions page explains the site's polite but firm refusal to remove the images: "Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia with the goal of representing all topics from a neutral point of view, Wikipedia is not censored for the benefit of any particular group".

Burden's firm refusal to sentimentalize the conflict is not a defect.

But the relief that a viewer can take away from "The Daily Show" has less to do with its specific point of view than with its unfailingly polite but firm refusal to subscribe to anyone else's program.

The firm refusal from the Leveson inquiry is embarrassing to David Cameron, who claimed on Wednesday that the inquiry was the best forum to determine whether Hunt, as well as his special adviser Adam Smith, had handled the bid in a partisan manner.

It might sound more like Arabic pop to western ears, but the song's authors compare it to rebellious rock music and, given its polite but firm refusal of Egypt's traditional education system, specifically Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1).