Sentence examples for refuse for example from inspiring English sources

Guide dogs are trained to disobey an owner's command in dangerous situations; they will refuse, for example, a command to step into the path of an oncoming car.

Many good Italian restaurants refuse, for example, to allow customers to mix and match pastas and sauces, no matter how they may entreat.

Moral vegetarians are more likely to treat meat as a contaminant — they refuse, for example, to eat a bowl of soup into which a drop of beef broth has fallen.

It is also her right to refuse, for example, to have a word, just one, of compassion for the civilians of Homs and Aleppo, who suffer the exact same situation those of Benghazi would have had the international community, with the impetus of France, not reacted swiftly and with force.

He refused, for example, to trade in romantic love.

He was guilty of poor tradecraft, refusing, for example, to vary his dead drop sites.

It refuses, for example, to stock reviewer copies because of red markings that blemish the tops of the pages.

He refused, for example, to allow reporters to view the exhibits in the trial, which are normally considered part of the public record.

Unlike Hillary Clinton in the 1990s, Mr Obama favours a gradual approach to reform, refusing for example to make it compulsory for everyone to buy health insurance, at least for now.

Instead, he cut back his expenses, refusing, for example, to go out for nearly two years -- a stark contrast to a time when he might have spent $75 at a bar.

It refuses, for example, to concentrate on design that does the greatest good for the greatest number, which might have eliminated things like haute couture gowns, numerous vases and quite a bit of Surrealism.