Sentence examples for am refusing from inspiring English sources
verb
To decline (a request or demand).
- My request for a pay rise was refused.
But you want me to do what I've already done before and I am refusing.
The passive constructionist uses the object of a sentence to pose as the subject: the forthright "I am refusing permission" becomes "Permission is refused".
Now he says that his government "would do better to concentrate on reviving growth in France and Europe" rather than handing out honours.Mr Piketty did not dwell on the reasons for his rejection of the award, other than to state that: "I am refusing this nomination because I do not think it is the government's role to decide who is honourable".
"I am refusing to pay £2,831.42 council tax because of the damage the tax is doing to the health of very badly off residents of Haringey some of whom have had their income stopped by a benefit sanction," he wrote.
As a candidate, I am refusing the unlimited corporate monies the Court has mistakenly allowed.
The unions, unsurprisingly, are refusing to budge.
"But Vietnam is refusing to accept this".
"He's refusing any blood product transfusions.
But Khan is refusing to pay.
