How to Use refusal in a Sentence

refusal

noun

• My request for more money was met with a flat refusal.
• And, of course, Williams had the rights of approval and refusal.
  — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2022
• Call it the beauty of the refusal, the beauty of saying no more.
  — Laura Tanenbaum, The New Republic, 17 May 2023
• Her refusal to let the kids stay with me and my partner has forced me to take her to court.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2023
• In the case of a potential sale, the other friend would have the right of first refusal.
  — Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
• Some mentioned the protests over De León’s refusal to step down.
  — David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2023
• Trump’s refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election.
  — Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2022
• And the teachers’ refusal to make even modest changes to the contract in 2018 with Elorza is what laid the groundwork for the state takeover.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2022
• There was refusal to comply in terms of handing things over.
  — CBS News, 22 Jan. 2023
• Just this year Patek Philippe switched to a campaign that more strongly asserts the brand’s refusal to feed trends.
  — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 3 May 2024
• What does the law do? Broadly, the new law gives tenants a right of first refusal on whether to renew their lease or not.
  — Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024
• But Tom’s complete refusal to be fan un-favorite has, in many ways, ruined the show.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 May 2024
• China blamed the refusal on U.S. sanctions against Mr. Li.
  — Vivian Wang, New York Times, 19 July 2023
• Some parenting plans do have a clause that states that both parents have the first right of refusal for child care.
  — Jann Blackstone, Boston Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
• Now, though, that refusal to confront the past is being challenged.
  — New York Times, 24 July 2022
• Later, the teams with the highest pick in the draft who did not make a coaching change were given first right of refusal to spend the week in Mobile.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 1 Feb. 2023
• He was named along with the spirit of Ukraine in honor of the nation's refusal to back down in the face of Russian aggression.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2023
• Cube confirmed in November that his refusal to get the shot cost him a $9 million movie role.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Dec. 2022
• The very idea might prompt feelings of denial, refusal, a type of disbelief.
  — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 29 June 2023
• Lujan Grisham pushed back on the refusal to enforce the order.
  — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 12 Sep. 2023
• The inning, though, showed fight and a stubborn refusal to slink away empty-handed.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024
• Mayorkas, 64, now faces two charges from the House: willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law and breach of public trust.
  — Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
• Stoppard seems to place himself there, along with the Merzes, whose refusal to believe the worst led them directly to it.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2022
• Current owners have the right of first refusal when a cottage in the co-op becomes available.
  — WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
• Her refusal to raise her voice seems to have lent her more authority.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Sep. 2024
• The global icon attributes her post-prison success to her refusal to let her time in jail define her.
  — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 28 Jan. 2024
• His refusal to be inducted to the Army during the Vietnam War, on moral and religious grounds, had pushed him out of the ring for 43 months.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
• In my view, the true nakba of the Arabs is their refusal to accept peaceful coexistence and get on with life.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 May 2024
• The atomic bomb is the answer, said Truman, to Japan’s refusal to surrender.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
• And vaccination hesitancy and refusal have also increased across the country since Covid began.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 15 Feb 2025