Sentence examples for face refusing from inspiring English sources

The sixth round was brilliant, with both fighters trading heavy blows, standing face to face, refusing to give in.

He presented a confident public face, refusing to criticise Mr Abdullah, or express impatience as the weeks of negotiations went into months.

If you are invited to a birthday party, a wedding or other celebration – do not sit with grim face refusing to eat all these tasty meals.

Rubio, the realities of Republican Party power shining like perspiration on his face, refused not only to make that pledge but to make even a semi-plausible defense of why he would not, as would once have been, in the old-fashioned sense, the politic thing to do.

Rather than swimming off into the ocean, she swam back towards the divers, nudging each of them in turn, staring into their faces, refusing to leave them alone.

Men sat on the pavement, blood running down their faces, refusing to stand.

Even if the governments controlling the world's remaining oil were divinely commissioned to make life nice for us, we would still be facing essentially the same energy problems we face, or refuse to face, today.

Friends of Chambers said Starmer was trying to save face by refusing to admit he was in the wrong.

What consequences did she face after refusing to give up her seat on the bus in the winter of 1955?

That fact came home to him on Sunday night when Mrs. Dalal slapped him across the face for refusing her demand for cash.

I also asked Vasquez about any reprisals she faced for refusing enrollment in a sex-offender treatment program while in prison, a defiant assertion of her innocence".I did face heavy repercussions.