Sentence examples for refusal to lead from inspiring English sources

The consensus on global warming is such that America's refusal to lead the green debate has been disastrous.

Not only that: his tirades against Mr. Mbeki's well-documented refusal to lead the fight against AIDS could also land him in big political trouble back home.

They appear before TV cameras every day to complain about the president's "refusal to lead," and manage to spread the idea that he's responsible for their stubbornness — even though he has offered to meet them halfway.

"And because of his refusal to lead his party and demand that Congressional Republicans, including his running mate, drop their opposition to asking for a penny more from millionaires and billionaires, he's stood in the way of preventing devastating automatic defense cuts.

It is no secret that by its refusal to lead, the U.S. is the one of the main culprits holding this process hostage and perpetuating the damages of climate change.

ISIS's calculated use of cultural destruction as a tool of terror -- punctuated by the brutal killing of archaeologist Khaled al-Assad for his refusal to lead ISIS to hidden Palmyra antiquities -- has understandably shocked the world and drives these urgent dialogues.

Mr. Cuomo's refusal to take the lead doomed a bill that would extend the state's unfairly short statute of limitations for filing civil child sex-abuse claims and creation of a one-year window for previously barred claims.

His refusal to take a lead is an abdication of responsibility".

As reported time and again by family members, lack of insight led to refusal to take medications.

47 ENFORCEMENT OF HEALTH RIGHTS In India, the government's long failure (or refusal) to pass tobacco control legislation led to a court challenge, in which it was argued that secondhand smoking violated the right to life in the Constitution.

This could lead to hikikomori — refusal to leave home.