Sentence examples for refusing to try from inspiring English sources

But Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi rebuffed pleas by refusing to try to make a soft landing.

I told him it was his own fault for refusing to try it on in the shop.

Refusing to try them on the open market, he locked the best away in his "curiosity portfolio", where they languished for decades.

And Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi rebuffed politicians' pleas by refusing to try to make a soft landing with a cushion of several trillion more yen in bonds.

Previously, he sparked criticism after apparently refusing to try at Wimbledon in 2015 in protest at receiving a code violation for swearing during his fourth round defeat to Richard Gasquet.

There was talk of a boycott of the 1968 Olympics by African-American athletes; it never happened, although some stars, such as the All-America basketball player Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) staged a silent protest by refusing to try out for the Olympic team.

One refused to try the diet.

I pushed enrichment; he refused to try "stupid" scouting.

They just refused to try to protect her".

In recent days, trying on her boots had been so painful she had refused to try.

To date none of his patients have refused to try the couch.