Sentence examples for refusal to reflect from inspiring English sources

But by its repeated refusal to reflect popular support for female bishops, the Church of England challenges parliament to impose secular values.

The refusal of a skillful filmmaker such as Kelly Reichardt, the director of "Meek's Cutoff" (which, I should emphasize, is a well-crafted, coherent, and engaging film) to seek to unfold the inner lives of her characters reflects another refusal: to reflect her own presence, her own life, in her movies.

Part of me thinks, why do you spend any time looking back?" Such is the philosophy to which Michael Grandage claims to adhere; yet his refusal to reflect is surprising, given his golden decade at the helm of the Donmar Warehouse from 2002 to 2012, and, before that, his similarly acclaimed period running Sheffield Theatres.

This situation is characterized by a refusal (or inability) to reflect, a refusal to imagine and a denial of the transcendent (Marcel 1951a, pp. 36 37).

The report left it unclear whether his refusal to eat reflected a psychological reaction, a deteriorating health condition, or a form of hunger strike.

Mr. Lazio's advisers view the appearances as a way of generating campaign contributions from supporters across the nation, and have asserted that Mrs. Clinton's refusal to appear reflects timidity on her part.

But it also has a gentleness that is all its own, perhaps because Glidden works mostly in soft watercolour, a medium that seems somehow to reflect her refusal to deal in certainties.

The bands signed by Ginn seemed to reflect his perverse refusal to give people more of the same.

It seemed to represent a marked departure from Mr. Mbeki's refusal to castigate Mr. Mugabe, and seemed to reflect the increasing frustration with the Zimbabwean president.

Even the pathos of his death was said to reflect the egoist's refusal to love life, or fear death, excessively.

To the devotee, it is perhaps her very refusal to do so that enables her devotees to reflect on dimensions of themselves and of reality that go beyond the material world.