Refuses

Examples

• Sometimes soap refuses to form a lather and instead cakes and floats as a scum on the top of the water; this is not the fault of the soap but of the water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• My young lady refuses to have her wardrobe examined. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She refuses, with tears, when I appeal to her to speak out for my sake. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Well, I propose to him such a marriage as any nobleman in the land might be proud of--the only thing in life I ever asked him--and he refuses me. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I fill my cup to Cedric himself, since he refuses to pledge his son's health. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Of his own free will he refuses to tell me; now, however, owing to my knowledge of his past, I can force his confidence. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He refuses to make any abatement, because his threat is, that if he fails with me, he will come to you. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Now the worst part of the punishment is that he who refuses to rule is liable to be ruled by one who is worse than himself. Plato. The Republic.
• But because the matter is political my husband refuses to take me into his complete confidence. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Her voice sank to a whisper: And if she refuses? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• This he refuses to do. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I don't think he will see you, she answered; he refuses everybody. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Behold, he said, the wisdom of Socrates; he refuses to teach himself, and goes about learning of others, to whom he never even says Thank you. Plato. The Republic.
• But suppose Helena refuses me? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• There is a painful confusion in my brain, which refuses to delineate distinctly succeeding events. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He refuses any communication with me; he has flung us off; and leaves us to poverty. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She refuses to give it to anybody but you, sir. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Don Pedro refuses, because he is not rich. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• What the Commission advocates is the constant repression and the ultimate annihilation of a mode of life which refuses discovery and measurement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• If he refuses, we have no alternative but to apply for a warrant. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• That next morning, which Rebecca thought was to dawn upon her fortune, found Sedley groaning in agonies which the pen refuses to describe. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Do so; if your high heart, incapable of my infirmity of purpose, refuses to bend to the lowness of mine. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Sent to a schoolmaster, refuses to tell his letters, and the schoolmaster going to whip him, his hand withers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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