Sentence examples similar to I refused to yield from inspiring English sources

"In 17 years, I've never refused to yield to any member's questions," said Senator Michael F. Nozzolio, an upstate Republican, after he was denied a chance to speak.

For an older woman I know who was suffering from "implacable depression" that refused to yield to any medications, electroconvulsive therapy — popularly called shock therapy — was a lifesaver.

Each day I rediscover my garden, my home, ordinary things that in the past have refused to yield their beauty.

"You ask a tremendous question," he wrote, "one that I have thought about ever since I attained self-awareness around sophomore year of high school and one that has refused to yield its secrets.

He refused to yield.

Boehner refused to yield.

Yet Nigeria refused to yield.

Still, he refused to yield.

The extreme non-Chalcedonians refused to yield.

But the coconut, alas, refused to yield.

She refused to yield for questions.