refuse
Example Sentences
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Notaries public, meanwhile, have both ethical and legal duties to refuse notarization if they believe a signer does not understand the nature or consequences of the document they are executing.
From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026
Still, through it all, some Walterboro residents refuse to join the mob now casting stones at a woman they have known since she was a girl.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
"If I get cancer tomorrow, I can refuse treatment and be eligible for MAID," she said.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
These cells -- often called "zombie cells" -- stop dividing but refuse to die off normally.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
I was blind to it at first, but with Opal, I recalled the powerlessness I felt at not being able to suggest a trade, or even refuse one I thought abominable.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Vocabulary lists containing refuse
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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"The Civil Rights Movement"
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"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
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