Sentence examples for refusing what from inspiring English sources

What if our own interest, as we construe it, consists of refusing what others want of us?

Management officials defend executive pay as the price of competition for top leadership, and accuse the nurses of refusing what many other American workers have accepted: paying a share of their health insurance premiums, along with higher co-payments, deductibles and prescription costs.

In both instances, Mr. Bratcher was adamant about preserving the intimate scale of the space — refusing what he called "monster room additions" — and about incorporating materials used in the original structure, like fieldstone for the fireplace, living room and exterior, exposed 19th-century hand-hewn ceiling beams, and plasterwork in the living and dining rooms.

"It is a gentle place to practice asking for what you need, refusing what you don't want, and freely expressing how you're feeling," said Lila Donnolo, a yoga instructor from New York, NY, and co-leader of this particular experience.

But Jackie refuses; what's done is done.

I did what I liked and refused what I didn't like.

CCGs generally have a skeleton staff in place now - if authorisation is refused, what happens to them?

The bartering possibilities envisioned by Mrs. Donaldson had been "running to housework" and gardening, but she's too polite to refuse what's actually proposed.

My mother said, "How can you refuse what might turn out to be a last wish?" And my therapist just said, "You'll know the right thing to do".

Republicans said Democrats had refused what they said was a simple demand: That voters this June also be permitted to vote on a spending cap and changes in state pension formulas.

"Refuse what she asks you".