Sentence examples for sheer refusal from inspiring English sources

In it, the b-boy dives became falls; the isolations, brokenness; the swagger, a sheer refusal to die.

He was playing tennis of the gods in the first set and a half but eventually succumbed to Robredo's sheer refusal to lie down.

It was meant to be good for us, but I still remember the disappointment of it, the embarrassment, the sheer refusal to break with the usual.

The Americans would recoup that fifth-set break but the symbolism of Corretja's athletic returns and sheer refusal to give up on a point were the story of this Davis Cup semifinal, settled today by Spain's makeshift doubles team of Corretja and Balcells, 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 (5), 6-3.

Liberty solicitor Emma Norton, who represented Mr and Mrs James, said their "persistence and dignity" had borne fruit in the face of the authorities' "sheer refusal" to cooperate with them.

But, the paintings aside, its sheer demonic refusal to be encumbered by traditional definitions of mediums and perhaps by matter itself, and its determination to tell a story while inundating the eye, has more than a touch of bizarre genius.

"The team's intransigence — its sheer, stubborn refusal to do the right thing — is about money," he writes, "because the entire trademark case, an ongoing legal battle now in its third decade, is about money".

While Palace's resilience and sheer, stubborn refusal to wilt was hugely admirable and worthy of praise, their woodwork had been rattled three times over the course of the 120 minutes.

"Everything we've managed to accomplish in art, music, and everything else has always come from our own sheer force of will and refusal to give up or take no for an answer.

This refusal to be content with sheer beauty, to force us to continually reframe the dance, to question our perceptions and our memory, is part of the subject of "Artifact": what is a ballet today?

The work is a tour de force if not for the sheer breadth of content, then for the refusal of its sweeping verse to comfort when comfort is not on the menu for the subjects at hand.