Sentence examples for in refusing to answer from inspiring English sources

Each witness cited the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination in refusing to answer.

The government ended its weekly briefings and began to invoke "on-water matters" in refusing to answer questions about incidents or policy decisions.

Some Democrats say they had no choice but to block Mr. Estrada's nomination, that if he succeeds in refusing to answer questions about his views all future Bush judicial nominees would adopt the same posture.

A24 ARTS E1-10 Judge Presses Auction House A federal judge questioned Christie's good faith in refusing to answer some questions and ordered it to respond or face possible sanctions.

The federal judge hearing a civil antitrust lawsuit against Sotheby's and Christie's yesterday questioned Christie's good faith in refusing to answer questions posed by one of the defendants and ordered the auction house to respond or face possible sanctions.

Appearing under subpoena, Robert A. Georgine, Ullico's former chairman and chief executive, asserted his Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination in refusing to answer questions before the House Education and Workforce Committee.

In spite of repeated Paxman-esque quizzing by me about what he was doing next, Capaldi had made like Michael Howard in consistently refusing to answer my questions.

Lerner has asserted her Fifth Amendment right to not incriminate herself in twice refusing to answer questions before Congress, and the House Oversight Committee voted to hold her in contempt, setting up a floor vote that's expected to take place next month.

Barred from seeing his eight year-old and baby daughter, he lay in bed much of the day in his second-floor apartment just off Shunk Avenue in south Philly, refusing to answer his phone or email.

Ms. Deviers-Joncour and Mr. Le Floch-Prigent spent months in jail for refusing to answer questions.

By July, however, Antley was secluded in his house, refusing to answer phone calls or even the door, plummeting back to his dark depths.