Refused

Examples

• I have, and she has refused me, said Caliphronas sullenly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The girl refused; and for the first time, and to the astonishment of the majestic mistress of the school. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• His excuse was that his father refused his consent. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• You know that he was once refused by McFarlane's mother? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Fulbert was told of it--told often--but refused to believe it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I have already refused him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Yes--refused, Rebecca continued, with a sad, tearful voice. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And when it tore him he crouched in silent subjection under it, and when it left him alone again, he refused to know of it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Deep in midnight, she was awaked by a rustling near her; she would have started up, but her stiff joints refused to obey her will. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• St. John was not a man to be lightly refused: you felt that every impression made on him, either for pain or pleasure, was deep-graved and permanent. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She has refused Andros, but you—ah, that is quite a different thing. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• At first they refused it on account of my having rowed, but I insisted on their taking it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Mr. Ablewhite, senior, refused to lend his son a farthing. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Beth mourned as for a departed kitten, and Meg refused to defend her pet. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I suppose you know Sir Pitt's father refused a peerage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The soldiers refused to act. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Sedgwick had refused his right and intrenched it for protection against attack. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• When Parliament refused supplies, he demanded loans from various subjects, and attempted similar illegal exactions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I offered the lady marriage, but she refused it on the grounds that such a match might mar my career. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• A lively altercation between us (in which Percival, previously instructed by me, refused to interfere) served the purpose in view. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Another lawyer would have drawn up the deed if I had refused to undertake it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• John William Ward, to the Salon des Etrangers, not knowing that an introduction was necessary, when they were refused admittance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• That's more than any of your Lords will give, I'LL warrant, he said and refused to attend at the ceremony. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• How could I think so, when you refused a richer man for me, and won't let me give you half I want to now, when I have the right? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Force is of no avail with me, and you came in a rage to demand what I refused to tell you. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• It was the first time I had ever lain down to rest in Satis House, and sleep refused to come near me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• And she refused you as she says? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She had positively refused to take to her bed; on the ground that if she did, she would never hear the last of it. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• At first his mind refused to act--he felt only the taint of such a transaction between a man like Trenor and a girl like Lily Bart. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Poor Father took to his books, after I had refused all offers of help, and left me to try my experiment alone. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

Editor: Whitney