How to Use refusal in a Sentence

refusal

noun

• My request for more money was met with a flat refusal.
• So does a refusal to chase trends.
  — Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
• His refusal didn’t sit well with her.
  — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
• That refusal is the through-line.
  — Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
• There is a refusal to go away, a refusal to stop.
  — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2026
• For Heraskevych, his refusal to budge came at a high cost.
  — ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
• Hers is a quiet act of refusal.
  — Jennifer Obel, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026
• As a result, the test was deemed a refusal.
  — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
• Of course, Rick doesn’t, and his refusal leads to their deaths, too.
  — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2025
• Manchin's refusal to rule out that chain of events is striking in its own right.
  — Saoirse Gowan, The Week, 8 Mar. 2022
• Resistance and refusal are both part of my work in many ways.
  — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Mar. 2025
• 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
• His career has been defined by range and a refusal to be boxed in.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 19 Apr. 2026
• Mira wins the game, but Arisu's refusal to quit saves his life.
  — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Sep. 2025
• That way of being—that refusal to turn away—is already alive in you.
  — Adrianne Wright, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2026
• Still, his wife insisted that his refusal felt like a breach of trust.
  — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
• And, of course, Williams had the rights of approval and refusal.
  — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2022
• The Jets do get the right of first refusal and can trade Hall on this tag.
  — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
• Her own mother calls for her to be burned because of her refusal to marry.
  — Christy Cobb, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2026
• Call it the beauty of the refusal, the beauty of saying no more.
  — Laura Tanenbaum, The New Republic, 17 May 2023
• That, and a refusal to scale recklessly.
  — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
• Her refusal to raise her voice seems to have lent her more authority.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Sep. 2024
• Align your refusal with the values or goals of the other party.
  — Zekeriya Polat, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
• What stays with me in Ursuța’s show is her refusal of triumph.
  — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
• Some mentioned the protests over De León’s refusal to step down.
  — David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2023
• But his refusal to play with the same intent to get downhill and to the basket does not.
  — Sam McDowell March 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2026
• Gerontoc-racy works through that refusal today.
  — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
• 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
• But his refusal to adapt may now ensure his extinction.
  — Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
• At the opposite end of the ground, though, those fans will have seen a refusal to comply.
  — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025