Sentence examples for by refusing to be from inspiring English sources
This perpetual annihilation is her highest virtue, for by ceasing to exist she increases her being; by refusing to be a particular woman, she becomes a multitude.
He has done all Pakistanis a favor by refusing to be intimidated.
And Shemp's replacement, Joe Besser, had disappointed his colleagues by refusing to be hit.
By refusing to be Yankee-stately, the Mets did far better.
Among them, Alma distinguishes herself by refusing to be used and discarded by the couturier.
They insist on honouring its place in history and generally show it by refusing to be defeated there.
Disdaining denial and anger, he locks himself into scrambles of give-and-take by roundly refusing to be depressed.
In Auden's poem "Musée des Beaux Arts," the tragedy of Icarus falling from the sky is accompanied by life refusing to be disrupted.
He talks around the subject, never mentioning Liebherr by name, refusing to be drawn into criticism of her.
He was refusing to be bound by any rules.
Refusing to be bound by precedent while pretending to respect it, this judge has outdone them.
