Sentence examples for Almost refused from inspiring English sources

"I almost refused.

I almost refused to believe it," he said.

Gannon's throws almost refused to hit the ground.

She almost refused to take it, the fool!

I almost refused, because of my suspicion about herb ice cream.

Davis almost refused the Today job as well, initially resisting because of the unsociable hours.

"I almost refuse to buy at auction," he said.

The song almost refuses to build, remaining a weave of quiet keyboards and dramatic punctuations, occasionally interrupted by a trilling choir of — what?

"She almost refuses to react," said MarySue Barrett, a former colleague, adding that Ms. Jarrett often surprises opponents by agreeing with them and then suggesting concrete measures to help.

So modest that it almost refuses to be art at all, and so generous that it serves as a utopian call for a better civic life, this is a radical and beautiful work.

For all that, Blue remains an intense and moving tribute to the woman at its centre who, in coming back from tragedy, almost refuses, but ultimately accepts the only real love that's on offer.