refuse admittance
Example Sentences
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In Calvert's case, the court held that a suspect's absence may be simply another attempt to refuse admittance, and thus permits police to break in without service.
From Time Magazine Archive
The great bulk of the visitors have been curious correspondents and press agents, to whom Carter reserved the right to refuse admittance.
From Time Magazine Archive
To-day she clung convulsively to her daughter, unwilling that she should leave her even for an instant; to-morrow she would lock herself in, and for hours refuse admittance to any human being.
From Infelice by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
Kudashû, therefore, was ordered to refuse admittance to any one that should seek audience with the king that night.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton
He had opened the door only a little way, expecting that he would have to refuse admittance.
From The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel by Dawson, Coningsby
