Worst of all, when her son, Ned, fell and injured his knee, she refused to pay for a doctor and spent hours looking for free medical help.

The supervisor of personnel refused the request.

Nonetheless, the governor of South Carolina refused to stop the execution.

Why he refused to answer her call.

But I have refused to give up on Venus.

If private plans demanded similar productivity savings from providers, and refused to let providers shift additional costs to them, the savings could be much larger.

Athens, the Athens of ancient Greece, refused responsibility; she reached the end of freedom and was never to have it again.

But Cathy woke me up early next morning, wearing her swimsuit ready to go! I told her she shouldn't swim after a whole night's coughing, but she refused to give up and insisted she go.

Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened (蔓上成熟的) promise, I've refused to buy winter tomatoes for years.

Even when her daughter and son asked her to move to san antonio to help their children, she politely refused.

He refused to talk with angie.

I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused to stop until we reached the next stop.

It was a rainy morning and the children, mainly boys with various learning difficulties, refused to settle for the start of the lesson.

She had asked the government for permission to move the books to a safe place, but they refused.

She refused to live with male cranes, and even had a reputation for killing some of them, which made it impossible for her to become a mother.

She skipped school, and refused to communicate.

The Athenians refused to take their responsibility.

When his request was refused, he took out his French horn and started to practice.