Sentence examples for refusing to desist from inspiring English sources

For refusing to desist from the hostilities that he had instigated and for appearing to be a dangerous rival to the Papal States, Sixtus placed Venice under interdict in 1483.

Bird threatened a legal injunction but Meinig refused to desist and tried to imply that Bird was benefitting from the publicity.

But a website might have compelling commercial or freedom-of-expression reasons to refuse to cease or desist.

"Those who refused to cease and desist were placed under arrest," she said. .

Shortly after the hearing began, some protesters in wheelchairs were physically removed from the hearing room by police officers as protesters continued to chant "No cuts to Medicaid!" Others were arrested in the hallway after police said they refused to cease and desist demonstrating there. .

The firm regularly stonewalls regulators, refusing to honor subpoenas, continuing to do business without registering or in defiance of orders to desist.

Although AT&T refused to respond formally to the Cease and Desist letter, I made my point.

But in the eyes of the church, Mr. Kibwetere had become a sinner of the worst kind, claiming to have contact with God himself and refusing the orders of an old friend, Bishop John Baptist Kakubi, to desist.

The other winner of the day was the crowd itself which refused to be cowed by the podium into "keeping discipline" and desisting from jeering.

Gawker refused to take down the clip upon receiving a cease-and-desist form Hogan's lawyer, which would ultimately result in the suit.

Many of the plantations shown are owned by the Vicini family, a dynasty of sugar barons who refused to be interviewed for the film and sent the filmmakers a cease-and-desist letter in an attempt to block its release.