Sentence examples for especially refused from inspiring English sources

Many Americans, southerners especially, refused to pay pre-war debts to Britain; state laws often supported this contravention of the federal treaty.

Obama should never, ever respond to those words at all, and especially refuse to get suckered into claiming "not guilty".

Yet the Serbs, especially, have refused to come up with an alternative.

After pushing President Obama to lead the peace effort, Arab states, especially Saudi Arabia, refused to make any concessions until settlements were halted.

According to the director of a refugee resettlement agency in the area, the focus on getting a job quickly leads many refugees to accept positions below their abilities, especially because refusing any job can jeopardize the receipt of benefits used to support their families, especially their children.

They are especially reclusive, refusing to build nests within sight of any others.

Members of extremist sects were persecuted for preaching continence (which violated Augustus' laws against celibacy), for holding the state in contempt, and especially for refusing military service.

He regularly overrules the district attorneys to give offenders another chance, and has frequently earned the ire of the Police Department, especially for refusing to sentence drug offenders if the undercover police officers who carried out the arrests refuse to testify.

At a time when the voices of women, especially, resolutely refuse to be silenced, the Catholic hierarchy's own attempts to keep the secret of its sexualized power will fail, too.

Turolenses, especially teenagers, refuse to leave the city until after ¨La Vaquilla.¨.

It was when things got tough, when the baby was being especially fussy, refusing to eat, swatting away food he normally loved, or crying for no identifiable reason, that the poet thought, This isn't fair.