- present participle of refuse.
refusing
Example Sentences
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Alan Murray recently wrote here about America’s century-old companies that have survived by refusing to “let their past be an anchor.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
But it admitted its audit suffered from limitations, such as the executive in charge of planning the campaign refusing to surrender their mobile phone.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
The means they deployed were not violent resistance, but warning, watching, accompanying, documenting, delaying, material support, and refusing isolation.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Their move for him follows attempts to sign 33-year-old midfielder Granit Xhaka from Sunderland, with the Black Cats refusing to sell the Switzerland captain.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
By refusing Jimbo’s offering of sour mash, you would have thought that I had committed the one sin that was unforgivable by all monkeys.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
