Sentence examples for afterward refused from inspiring English sources

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Her first client lived in a project on the Upper East Side, and afterward refused to pay.

I'd spent most of my working life at the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., where we used to joke that women took power when the men went off to war in 1939, and afterward refused to give it back.

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Caroline is the kind of compulsively contrary person who, when reading a warning sign not to flush a toilet, immediately presses the lever to see what will happen, then afterward refuses to take the blame.

Perhaps the best-known is the incontestable clause, which provides that if a policy has been in force for two years the insurer may not afterward refuse to pay the proceeds or cancel the contract for any reason except nonpayment of premiums.

"I'm not sad," she said immediately afterward, refusing the staffer's offer for some time in the recovery room.

Afterward, Freeman refused to speak with reporters.

For many nights afterward, he refused to think about her or her father.

Afterward he refused to see a doctor — "Even being out on the street became a big fear," she said — and he began to be plagued by liver problems.

In both games, the Jets made the most important plays in the most important moments, and afterward, they refused to apologize for quote-unquote ugly wins.

Afterward, he refused to discuss the condition of his tender right knee and why he had practiced after saying he would not do so until next month.

Hewitt shook hands with Corretja afterward but refused to do so with the Spanish coach, Javier Duarte, who led Spain at the Davis Cup.

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