Sentence examples for refused to spend from inspiring English sources

But she has, as yet, refused to spend it.

Emerging from recession in 2002, and through 2003, businesses refused to spend money on new workers.

But even as the economy expanded, shell-shocked consumers refused to spend.

Germany's economy has stagnated over the last year, as consumers have doggedly refused to spend.

Money was tight, the more so as Sydenstricker refused to spend any on his wife or daughters.

Facing an uncertain economic future, households have refused to spend on goods produced by the state enterprises.

Lady Olenna's signature wimple was Rigg's idea, since she refused to spend more than fifteen minutes in hair and makeup.

Traveling in Burma, I refused to spend a cent that would directly support the junta — no package tours, no beer, no government-affiliated guesthouses.

(His fourth wife, Elena, called the area a "kingdom of asbestos shingle and patched and mended asbestos shingle," and she refused to spend much time there).

Mr. Snyder wanted to establish a health insurance exchange, but the Legislature refused to spend money made available for that purpose by Congress and the Obama administration.

The remark was a reference not just to her considerable talent, but to the fact that she had refused to spend time playing the usual Oscar campaign game.