Sentence examples for refusing to cede from inspiring English sources
She traveled the world over, stubbornly refusing to cede to increasing physical limitations.
The muddied oafs have been refusing to cede ground to the flannelled fools.
It's the old ugly story of a man wrongly believing he owns the woman with whom he's living and refusing to cede that ownership.
Refusing to cede the city to gnocchi and gnudi, Mr. Oren has made a career of colonizing needy neighborhoods with the likes of steak frites and crème brûlee.
But two dozen families have stayed behind, refusing to cede ground to the lawmakers and judges who want them to leave.
Mr. Arafat has retained control of most of the Palestinian security forces, and he is refusing to cede it to Mr. Abbas.
Guests who refuse to cede the microphone win.
But each time he refused to cede control.
Americans refused to cede the discussion to the N.R.A. and other gun interests.
He resumed contact with the French when the Spaniards refused to cede the Valtellina.
All failed, largely because the emperor refused to cede any territories to Italy.
