Sentence examples for refusing someone from inspiring English sources
Inevitably, Big Sue and Philip, who worked the door at another club, Planets — when refusing someone entrance, he'd hold a mirror up to the unfortunate's face and say, "Would you let you in?" — contradict each other's memories with screeching subjectivity.
Even if you think you are refusing someone's generosity for "righteous" reasons, you are still being entirely ungracious by robbing them of the satisfaction of giving.
If a driver accepts an e-hail and then decides to refuse someone based on destination, race or physical disability, the record of that refusal is digitally stored.
To refuse someone help for petty convictions is gut-wrenchingly unjust".
I would not refuse someone service based on their political or religious beliefs".
When he refuses, someone grabs him by his pants and drags him along the floor on his back.
While individual non-surgical clinicians may refuse, someone in the relevant role has to agree as there is a strong expectation that the research will go ahead with the requisite staff.
For example, a housing program receiving federal funding can't refuse someone who's "too old".
Any individual Kansan could have refused to hire someone, serve someone a drink, rent someone an apartment, sell someone a pair of pants or accommodate someone at a hotel if that someone is gay.
Citizenship can be refused if someone has not been in Britain for long enough, if they have a recent or serious criminal record, or if they are judged not to be of "good character".
