Sentence examples for refusals to understand from inspiring English sources

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Or the oppressed may engage in strategic "refusals to understand" when such understanding would conform to dominant constructions of their experience that undermine their agency (Polhaus 2011).

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It's obvious that Dell was trying to convince a novice IT person to keep outfitting his or her office with the same gear, but combined with the shipping snafu and the constant refusal to understand the real problem, Blazej understandably became aggrieved.

He has the same basic argument with all of them: an angry refusal to understand why rules should exist.

If the West persists in its refusal to understand China's fundamental concerns, it will do more harm than good with its good intentions.

The other major blind spot in the anti-European tabloid reaction is a blunt refusal to understand, yet alone publicise, the way decisions are taken in the EU.

Loyn draws parallels between past adventures and the recent western entanglement – regime change, calls for jihad – and is scathing about foreigners' refusal to understand Afghan society and politics.

More seriously, the steadfast refusal to understand, or accept the reality of inequality, underscores all of these criticisms: they have an "irrational anger against the world", wrote Routledge.

A lot of the conflict in this series stems from Peggy's dogged refusal to accept her life as it is, and also her refusal to understand herself and her situation.

But, in a larger sense, nothing could have been as offensive to Roosevelt's sensibility as Tolstoy's refusal to understand history as a morality play enacted by its leading characters.

Like Clare, he fashions his rope from observations of reality, exquisitely described.In this section Cruellest trade Cranium cracker A fine line The thinker Healing force The big book index ReprintsAdversity only strengthened his refusal to understand what is meant by the "tragedy of the commons".

Put simply: The major concern is not China getting too big for its boots — at least in the short term — but a growing sense of American frustration that its boots are no longer as big as they were or should be, together with an unwillingness or refusal to understand China on anything other than American terms.

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