Sentence examples for in refusing to stand from inspiring English sources
The N.B.A. was far more intrepid regarding Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, when the little guard several years ago cited religious beliefs in refusing to stand for the national anthem.
In refusing to stand alongside schoolteachers and state workers, many of whom earn well below fifty thousand dollars a year, he alienated unionists and progressives.
January 19 2007: MPs on the constitutional affairs committee reveal evidence showing that the attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, overruled the lord chancellor, Lord Falconer, in refusing to stand aside from the cash-for-peerages probe.
Three players, 49ers team-mate Eric Reid, Denver Bronco Brandon Marshall and Seattle Seahawk Jeremy Lane, have joined Kaeperkick in refusing to stand for the anthem, along with women's soccer player Megan Rapinoe.
But to my mind, Mr Tsvangirai's mistake was not in grudgingly agreeing to share power with Mr Mugabe, but in refusing to stand up for himself in government.
Muslims have much to learn from the recent stand Colin Kaepernick has taken in refusing to stand for the national anthem.
Cynics will argue that national unity was wishful thinking, as reports emerged of young people in schools refusing to stand for a minute's silence in remembrance of the victims.
One activist was arrested in 2008 for refusing to stand up in a movie theater when the royal anthem was played, a tradition at all public cinemas.
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started a movement in 2016 by refusing to stand for the national anthem before games as a social protest against the number of black men killed by police.
The match drew attention at the start when midfielder Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem in solidarity with NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who is refusing to stand in protest of racial inequality in the United States.
We have engaged in nothing short of educational malpractice -- refusing to stand firm in defense of free speech and refusing to insist on foundational courses that powerfully situate current debates in historical context.
