How to Use refusal in a Sentence

refusal

noun

• My request for more money was met with a flat refusal.
• And, of course, Williams had the rights of approval and refusal.
  — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2022
• Call it the beauty of the refusal, the beauty of saying no more.
  — Laura Tanenbaum, The New Republic, 17 May 2023
• Her refusal to let the kids stay with me and my partner has forced me to take her to court.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2023
• In the case of a potential sale, the other friend would have the right of first refusal.
  — Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
• Some mentioned the protests over De León’s refusal to step down.
  — David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2023
• Trump’s refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election.
  — Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2022
• And the teachers’ refusal to make even modest changes to the contract in 2018 with Elorza is what laid the groundwork for the state takeover.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2022
• Align your refusal with the values or goals of the other party.
  — Zekeriya Polat, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
• The Bills tendered Bates at the low level of $2.433 million and that gives them only the right of first refusal.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 24 Mar. 2022
• But Chet’s mom, Sarah Harris, waved away Dave’s refusal to talk.
  — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2022
• Resistance and refusal are both part of my work in many ways.
  — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Mar. 2025
• There was refusal to comply in terms of handing things over.
  — CBS News, 22 Jan. 2023
• Just this year Patek Philippe switched to a campaign that more strongly asserts the brand’s refusal to feed trends.
  — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 3 May 2024
• What does the law do? Broadly, the new law gives tenants a right of first refusal on whether to renew their lease or not.
  — Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024
• The couple’s refusal to endorse a wind farm takes tensions to a point of no return.
  — Holly Jones, Variety, 9 May 2022
• But Tom’s complete refusal to be fan un-favorite has, in many ways, ruined the show.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 May 2024
• China blamed the refusal on U.S. sanctions against Mr. Li.
  — Vivian Wang, New York Times, 19 July 2023
• Some parenting plans do have a clause that states that both parents have the first right of refusal for child care.
  — Jann Blackstone, Boston Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
• Now, though, that refusal to confront the past is being challenged.
  — New York Times, 24 July 2022
• That’s not a concern, Harlan said, hinting at the existence of a first-right-of-refusal clause in the event of any land sale.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022
• Later, the teams with the highest pick in the draft who did not make a coaching change were given first right of refusal to spend the week in Mobile.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 1 Feb. 2023
• He was named along with the spirit of Ukraine in honor of the nation's refusal to back down in the face of Russian aggression.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2023
• Cube confirmed in November that his refusal to get the shot cost him a $9 million movie role.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Dec. 2022
• The very idea might prompt feelings of denial, refusal, a type of disbelief.
  — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 29 June 2023
• Lujan Grisham pushed back on the refusal to enforce the order.
  — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 12 Sep. 2023
• The inning, though, showed fight and a stubborn refusal to slink away empty-handed.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024
• That refusal led him to be cited for contempt of Congress.
  — Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2022
• Xcel ultimately gave Denver the first chance to buy the property, known as a right of first refusal.
  — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2025
• But it would be misguided to begrudge the show its creative license, and specifically its refusal to fixate on the bureaucratic nightmare that is being gravely ill in America, when so many of its enormous swings connect.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 27 Mar. 2025