Sentence examples for refuses at from inspiring English sources

And when Esther refuses, at first, to hand it over — "No.

Sunil refuses at first to speak to her or Paul directly; instead he responds in Bengali and relies on Arun to translate.

However, she refuses at this point to "play the game" ("Mom, that's so cynical!") and won't consider opportunities that colleges seem to look for in applicants.

10.54am BST Brecciaroli has to stop mid-round Brecciaroli's horse refuses at one of the fences, but knocks one of the rails.

He may have said "Other people collect stamps, I collect human beings", but remarkably he refuses at all times to pass judgment on anyone.

According to Leonard, Kate Zoe Lister-Joness) is "a weenie, a whiner"; the idealistic Martin Justin Longg), who refuses at first to offer up his work for Leonard's critical mugging, is a "pussy"; and Douglas (Jerry O'Connell), who already has an agent and a literary pedigree, is a "whore" — "and that's in the writing.

That gift, Mr. Hershkowitz said, was refused at the door.

The application was unanimously refused at a planning committee yesterday.

I refused, at which point she harrumphed: "We can't help you then".

She always refused, at least as far as public pronouncements were concerned.

He flatly refused, at which point Lavrovsky and his colleagues reorchestrated the score behind his back.