Sentence examples for a point-blank refusal from inspiring English sources
This sort of response – or active refusal – appears to be a trend across the board, with al-Jazeera and the ABC recently facing a point-blank refusal.
England's crime appears to be a point-blank refusal to make life easy for France in their opening 1-1 draw in Donetsk, a result and resilient performance that unsettled the purists but served Hodgson's purposes with an important point.
Hodgson's determination to portray Rooney as simply one member of his 23-man squad even led to a point-blank refusal to agree to the description of Rooney as an "exceptional" player - although it was a tag he later applied willingly to Liverpool's Raheem Sterling.
Polls suggest his point-blank refusal to countenance a currency union has backfired in Scotland (because Scots don't like being told what to think), although it is possible that his warnings might have more impact when undecided voters finally make up their minds in September.
This magical thinking has already had its three strikes: its rejection by the British people at the general election, its embodiment in Jeremy Corbyn as a clearly unelectable potential Labour leader (a candidacy facilitated by Ed's legacy) and the point-blank refusal of some sections of the party to listen to what the public and Labour voters are telling us about 'welfare' spending".
For all his vileness, Charlie Sheen's point-blank refusal to grovel his way to rehab has won him a lot of fans who admire his sheer bloody-mindedness – the same with the ludicrous Silvio Berlusconi's refusal to step down.
When we used to talk to them about Assad going, it was point-blank refusal.
So where did the joie de vivre, and the point-blank refusal to be inhibited, come from?
This point-blank refusal of pity was central to how Gyllenhaal saw the character of Sherry Swanson.
And, of course, Abbott's point-blank refusal to commit to any meaningful response to climate change was the reason they put him there.
"It drips with the hallmarks of this government – spin, smear and point-blank refusal to take any responsibility for their own actions.
