Definition

Examples

• "Apparently, my job is so boring even a robot refuses to do it."
• "Moira : Sorry Stephanie, if I could just interrupt for a second, didn't the Australians also refuse to sign the Kyoto treaty?"
• "Brian : He refuses to tell me, sir."
• "Horatio came back to help me, but I refused."
• "Your business card was attached to the patient's buttocks with chewing gum. He refuses to reveal his name, and broke a fire-extinguisher during check in."
• "Dr. Badguy : Yes, I thought you would see it my way... wait, you refuse?"
• "Susie : You might also remember that they refused to pay their workers even the 2 dollars and fifty cents per day they were promised."
• "He's refusing to eat his food - he won't touch anything except Scottish smoked salmon."
• "I won't go into details but, in a classic example of cultural misunderstanding, she thought the small, red phone was intended as a gift, and she is now refusing to give it back!"
• "She refused to listen to me."
• "and it was an offer he couldn't refuse."
• "It then became infected after he refused medical attention, citing his lifelong contempt for modern medicine."
• "Bruno : Yes, I've considered it, and I categorically refuse all your demands."
• "As far as dinner is concerned, if you are to pick the restaurant, I should tell you right away that I refuse to eat at cheap restaurants like McDonald's."
• "Mick : The problem is that Warbuckle stores in Australia refuse to carry Delavigne products."
• "I imagine that you may have some free time on Thursday, as Mr. Horatio refuses to come in, because he says that Thursdays are his Sabbath day, when he stays home and converses with spirits, at least, that's what Susie tells me."
• "Susie : Nearly 1000 laborers in Vietnam protested the poor working conditions by refusing to work."
• "I refuse to excuse this abuse!"
• "I imagine that you may have some free time on Thursday, as Mr. Horatio refuses to come to work, because he says that Thursdays are his Sabbath day, when he stays home and speaks with spirits."