Sentence examples for refused to spark from inspiring English sources

However, Ebdon's game refused to spark into sustained productivity, a consequence, it appeared in retrospect, of the emotional upheavals he experienced on Saturday.

After the June 23 EU referendum, more than 170 of Labor's 230 MPs declared no-confidence in Corbyn, but he refused to resign, sparking a leadership challenge from the little-known Smith.

THE NEWS Four months after he was defeated for re-election as president of Ivory Coast but refused to cede power, sparking a violent standoff, Laurent Gbagbo was captured in the smoking rubble of his official residence by forces loyal to his rival, Alassane Ouattara.

He might have won in 2005 but for a devastating day in the Alps, during which his German T-Mobile teammates Jan Ullrich and Andreas KLöDEN refused to let him pull ahead, sparking speculation that only a rider from Deutschland could lead the team.

(The Agtangs all walked out on strike again in 1973, when grape growers refused to renegotiate their UFW pacts, sparking a second massive grape strike).

The backcourt duo refused to let Xavier become rattled while sparking rallies from double-digit deficits in the tournament's first two rounds.

But despite such a spark, we both refused to act on it for quite some time.

The president continued to send mixed signals over whether Ukraine will sign the association agreement with the EU, a trade pact that he pulled out of at the final moment last month, sparking protests that have refused to fade.

The revolutionists say they sparked it all but refused to play electoral politics and were betrayed by the liberals and squeezed out of the equation by the army and the Brotherhood.

Hain refused to back down and renewed his criticism, sparking the legal action.

Coach Warren Gatland described the Springboks as "bullies" and the Lions refused to play the victim today, with Mike Phillips and Brian O'Driscoll sparking a set-to with Victor Matfield.