Sentence examples for a refused from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a refused" is not correct and usable in written English.
It appears to be an incomplete or incorrect construction, as "refused" typically functions as a verb or past participle rather than a noun.
Example: "The application was a refused request for funding."
Alternatives: "a rejection" or "a denial".

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Someone who is refused asylum should be referred to as a refused asylum seeker, not a "failed asylum seeker".

In August, a refused asylum seeker stabbed two people to death in an Ikea store near Stockholm, causing a storm of outrage.

A refused (non-utilitarian) response was achieved when the handle was pulled backwards more than 1.25 cm from the start position.

One DOTW patient was a refused asylum seeker from Guinea who couldn't be deported as Guinean authorities refused to accept him.

Wimbledon and etiquette tend to go hand in hand but on Monday, on Court No7, there was a curious incident involving a leading doubles player, a refused bathroom break and a ball-can.

The committee's report, published in January, responded to the death of Jimmy Mubenga, a refused asylum seeker from Angola, while on a deportation flight in the custody of G4S guards in October 2010.

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They also reported refusing to have sex more often if a client refused to use a condom, than if a main partner refused (Table 1).

A DOCTOR refuses a treatment for a sick child.

The rector, a monsignor, refused.

A fourth refused treatment.

A judge refused.

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