refuse
verb (used with object)
to decline to accept (something offered).
am refusing
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present progressiveof refuse (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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An Australia versus England semi-final would be amazing - I am refusing to buy my kids Australia shirts in case it happens.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2023
“Since it was announced that it has reached Kenya, I am refusing to take customers to the airport,” said Peter Muteru, a taxi driver.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 19, 2020
“I am refusing this moment as the end of my political life,” he told me.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 26, 2018
There are probably people that I am refusing to do that with, where the case isn’t closed yet.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2018
Man! man! it isn't your roof I am refusing.
From The Fighting Chance by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
