Sentence examples for a refusal to answer from inspiring English sources

Each question was met with a refusal to answer upon the ground of possible self-incrimination.

'Nah,' he says; less an answer than a refusal to answer.

My son has a mother on a cocktail of medication, therapy and a refusal to answer the front door half the time.

The holding in Grunewald was that the defendant's answers to certain questions were not inconsistent with his previous reliance upon the Fifth Amendment to excuse a refusal to answer those very same questions.

Thus, Byers' failure to stop is analogous to a refusal to answer a particular incriminating question on a tax return, an act protected by the Fifth Amendment under this Court's decision in Sullivan.

Charged with healing Emanuel's collective wound, he has preached every Sunday since the massacre that parishioners must show the world "the resiliency of faith" — a refusal to answer hate with hate.

Under section 14c(6) of current law [section 32(c)(6) of former title 11], any refusal to answer a material question approved by the court will result in the denial of a discharge, even if the refusal is based on the privilege against self incrimination.

Democrats yesterday began formulating a strategy built around grilling Hayden during hearings and then determining whether any refusal to answer questions provides enough justification to oppose his confirmation.

Non-response bias may occur for a number of reasons, including failure to locate or contact a household, refusal to participate/complete a questionnaire, refusal to answer specific questions or inability to communicate [ 67].

One of the Fourth Amendment questions in the case is whether a person's refusal to answer a seemingly benign identity question can convert a police officer's "reasonable suspicion" into probable cause to make an arrest.

Section 192, like the ordinary federal criminal statute, requires a criminal intent—in this instance, a deliberate, intentional refusal to answer.