Sentence examples for refusing to acquiesce from inspiring English sources
The kids fought back, asserting their innocence and refusing to acquiesce in their humiliation.
To some fans, NBC seems caught in a time warp, refusing to acquiesce to the real-time media world; several blogs have campaigned against the restrictions, and on Tuesday the blog Deadspin published the e-mail address for the chairman of NBC Sports and urged people to complain.
Defying our expectations, Heidi has emerged as a kind of feminist hero this season, climbing her way to a bigger position at the event-planning company where she orchestrates Nascar parties, and refusing to acquiesce to the demands of her fiancé, Spencer, that she get herself home on time.
Greece is refusing to acquiesce to demands by its creditors that it cut payments to the elderly and raise the value-added tax on their medicine and electricity.
He spoke and wrote eloquently in defense of his ideals, and he earned his moral weight with his actions, from refusing to acquiesce to everyday affronts to proving he was a man of his word when facing ultimate tests.
It is no wonder that Blacks, for one example, have created independent movie companies and TV channels because they are refusing to acquiesce to the status quo and to entertainment that casts or portrays Blacks in the most stereotypical and racist ways.
There's nothing wrong with him and Liverpool wisely refuse to acquiesce to popular demand.
The U.S. also refused to acquiesce to Cuban demands for the return of the territory seized in 1898 on which Naval Station Guantánamo Bay was established.
As Nicholas D. Kristof suggests, President Bush could refuse to acquiesce in the genocide of a people (in contrast to certain predecessors), this time in Darfur.
It moved to negotiate a settlement, but the sheriff refused to acquiesce to its demand to place an independent monitor in his office, saying it would give the government too much power over local law enforcement.
Sir Stelios hinted that if the chairman, Sir Colin Chandler, refused to acquiesce, he would reassume the chairmanship himself, as he is entitled to do.In this section A gathering storm?
