Sentence examples for utter refusal from inspiring English sources

But his greatest trick is his utter refusal to answer any actual questions about how any of his ideas actually work.

What was most striking to me was Mr. Scaramucci's utter refusal to accept the notion that something truly systemic had infected the financial industry during the bubble years.

They warn against the utter refusal to try to understand fanaticism and the cringe of colonial guilt that appears to justify it.

But in Australia the utter refusal to admit defeat was given its shape by a great leader, Martin Johnson, and its point by a technician of genius, Jonny Wilkinson.

Beneath the riffs there was despair and the utter refusal to take care of himself -- overeating, drinking, chain-smoking -- that led to his death at 55. Despair and the refusal to share it bred other despairs.

About to embark on a six-week tour of the UK's libraries, Donaldson wants to "draw attention to the erosion of the library service which is happening in so many local authorities, and to the current government's utter refusal to intervene or to provide any leadership".

Todd had the reputation of being a first string con artist & having an utter neurotic refusal to part with money.

But the next day she planted a question of her own with a reporter so that she could utter another polite refusal of interest.

The former Enron chief financial officer expressed regret along with his refusal and refused to utter the words "Fifth Amendment" at all: "Mr. Chairman, I would like to answer the committee's questions, but on the advice of my counsel, I respectfully decline to answer the question based on the protection afforded me under the Constitution of the United States".

Paying lip service is what every other Democratic hack would do, so his refusal to utter the phrase "black lives matter" at every opportunity, while evidence of his estimable dislike of sloganeering, is also self-defeating.

While similar requests have recently been met with flat refusals or utter disregard, the letter puts Iran's hard-liners in a quandary.