1 He therefore made his demand with the awkwardness of a proud man who will not admit to himself that he is stooping; and he was not much surprised at Hale's refusal.
2 It was this refusal of food that worried Ellen and Mammy more than anything else.
3 But after Uncle Peter's refusal to drive her, he remained in Atlanta for longer and longer intervals.
4 The stout refusal had been like a slap in the face of the furious North and retaliation had come swiftly.
5 She was in reality reflecting that a declaration would take some time to make, and that Selden must surely appear before the moment of refusal had been reached.
6 She pondered, half-way between yielding and refusal.
7 When that poor Afro-American was murdered, the whites excused their refusal of a trial on the ground that they wished to spare the white girl the mortification of having to testify in court.
8 The woman grumbled a refusal to do part of her duty when she had not been permitted to do it all, and started back to her interrupted task of weeding the garden.
9 Edna and her father had a warm, and almost violent dispute upon the subject of her refusal to attend her sister's wedding.
10 The ground for his refusal was a failure on my part, one Saturday night, to pay him for my week's time.
11 'Don't wound Monsieur Sitnikov by a refusal,' commented Anna Sergyevna.
12 I composed a splendid, charming letter to him, imploring him to apologise to me, and hinting rather plainly at a duel in case of refusal.
13 The rider, whose figure seemed familiar to Rostov and involuntarily riveted his attention, made a gesture of refusal with his head and hand and by that gesture Rostov instantly recognized his lamented and adored monarch.
14 Rostov had not seen him since his proposal and Sonya's refusal and felt uncomfortable at the thought of how they would meet.
15 I have received a refusal from Countess Rostova and have heard reports of your brother-in-law having sought her hand, or something of that kind.