Sentence examples for I asked refusing from inspiring English sources

Really, I asked, refusing to mask a fondness for it?

Unfortunately, almost every bartender I asked refused to pour me one, thanks to some weird bartender principle/utter lack of adventure.

"What time is your flight?" I had asked, refusing to turn down the volume on the TV, which was showing an opera, Pavarotti with his mouth wide open.

But most, when asked, refused to say what should become of their homeland.

But any Democrat who, when directly asked, refused to commit to appointing pro-choice justices would be in hot water with feminist and reproductive-rights groups.

Independently of the study protocol, 23 patients (6.6% from the patients initially asked) refused to participate to the follow up.

Bjuresten and Hovatta (2003) reported only 8% of those asked refused, while a larger UK study found 46% refused (Choudhary et al., 2004).

"I'm looking at each and every possibility," she tells all who ask, refusing to elaborate.

Ronnie's eating habits are erratic to say the least and often involve huge fry-ups with Keith at 5am. 'What's this other Ronnie like, then?' I ask Jo, refusing to admit defeat.

"What surprise is that?" I asked, but he refused to tell me, and besides he had to get back to work.

"I asked myself, 'Am I refusing just because other feminists would oppose me?' And I realised I feared being psychologically destroyed by the look of others.