Sentence examples for painstakingly refused from inspiring English sources
Unlike the president, Dr. Fauci has painstakingly refused to state his position on abortion.
Narendra Modi, India's new prime minister, refused to sign the deal, painstakingly thrashed out in Bali last year, because the WTO would not change its rules to let him expand food subsidies.
The Palestinian Authority under Mahmoud Abbas proved unwilling to negotiate seriously even during the settlement freeze, and it refused to accept a framework for negotiations painstakingly drawn up by Secretary of State John F. Kerry in 2014.
Her Encyclopedia of Pleasure (57 boxes painstakingly stitched with provocative text) was shown in Cairo but refused by the Whitney in New York on the grounds of its content.
British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a humiliating, historic defeat on Tuesday when the House of Commons refused to approve the voluminous Brexit agreement she painstakingly negotiated with the European Union.
LONDON — As the judicial inquiry into the British press sifts painstakingly through competing claims about the influence of Rupert Murdoch's newspapers, former Prime Minister John Major disclosed on Tuesday, for what he said was the first time, that Mr. Murdoch withdrew his newspapers' support for the Conservatives after Mr. Major refused a demand for changes in his policies on Europe.
