Sentence examples for was refused by from inspiring English sources

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was refused by

verb

To decline (a request or demand).

  • My request for a pay rise was refused.

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Help was refused by Pres.

The offer was refused by the protesters.

The application was refused by the magistrate, Peter Malone.

At first, Josephine's asylum claim was refused by the government.

"It was refused by some member states," he said without naming names.

A last-ditch offer by Democrats to allow three was refused by the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

His attempt to reverse this was refused by the Holy Synod of the Church, which authorised a new Patriarchal election.

I was refused by UKBA and I was thinking 'Now they are going to send me back'.

Nora's request to repatriate the body to Ireland was refused by the Irish chargé d'affaires in Paris.

His renewed application was refused by Sir John Thomas, president of the Queen's Bench Division, and Mr Justice Globe.

A Tower Hamlets spokeswoman said: "The application was refused by the council, and a subsequent appeal was submitted.

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