Sentence examples for persistently refusing from inspiring English sources

For thirty years Yeats sustained hopes of marrying Maud... Maud, by persistently refusing him, came closest to the reincarnating of his distant and frigid mother.

For thirty years Yeats sustained hopes of marrying Maud... Maud, by persistently refusing him, came closest to the reincarnating of his distant and frigid mother..

There was, though, a different discourse from Marcos Senna; in glasses, a soft voice and a quiet, firm dignity, politely but persistently refusing to be dragged into a controversy, he insisted it was nobody's fault but theirs.

In addition, children should be taken to the emergency room if they persistently refuse to eat or drink (especially under age 5) or have persistent fever above 100.4.

His psychosis is persistent and it is clear that he needs an antipsychotic, but he persistently refused to take one.

Fearing that there was a plot to poison him, he persistently refused to eat.

Mr. Romney has persistently refused to tell voters about his finances.

But the insurers have persistently refused to produce full lists of policyholders.

The Taliban have persistently refused to allow journalists or independent observers to visit Mazar-i-Sharif.

His predecessor Hamid Karzai persistently refused offers of military assistance from Pakistan, which many in Kabul believe secretly supports the Taliban.

Key among them is the huge backlog of cases, in part because many governments in Europe persistently refuse to implement its judgments.