Sentence examples for upon a refusal from inspiring English sources
Mr. Carter's letter thanked everyone who had anything to do with the occasion, and recounted his own introduction to Dylan Thomas, in 1953, when he came upon "A Refusal to Mourn" in an anthology; his immediate purchase of all the available poems; the sessions with his family in which Dylan's techniques were studied; and his subsequent reading of biographies of the poet.
There has been a lot of long-term neglect and a refusal to act upon the plight of the IDPs and this is why starvation is occurring in most of the camps," he said.
Despite these qualifications, it still seems to me that those who value solidarity should take care that it is not eroded by a refusal to acknowledge the constraints upon it.
They wear it as a refusal of the sensuous excess upon which global capitalism feeds, the way women's erotic bodies are used to sell merchandise.
Upon this instruction would hang a career - the product of pride, persistence, and a refusal to be owned or exploited - that made him one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
A refusal could be devastating.
Our refusal to condemn is a refusal of this notion.
Norm Blake, a former chief executive, said upon his resignation in 2000 that he found many officials to be motivated by the selfish attitude of "what's in it for me?" and a refusal to commit to change.
A refusal might be interpreted as racism.
Truthfulness means a refusal of eloquence.
