refuse
verb (used with object)
to decline to accept (something offered).
has been refusing
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present perfect progressiveof refuse (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Instead, the main cancer centre for the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip has been refusing new patients.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2022
Meadows, who has been refusing to cooperate, received a referral for contempt of Congress in December.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2022
Mikheil Saakashvili, 53, announced a hunger strike shortly after his arrest last month and has been refusing food for 46 days.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2021
My father was diagnosed with cancer last year, and he has been refusing chemo in favor of some “alternative treatment” he found on the internet.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2017
Oh, here you are," said the nurse, coming around the house; "the Doctor has been refusing to lie down until you come out to the garden.
From A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
