won't hear of
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Her friends won’t hear of it, of course.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
Nearly blind Phoebe Batten wants to live like any ordinary aristocratic lady in London, but her overprotective brother won’t hear of it.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2015
He wants to take her home, but she won’t hear of it.
From Forbes ● May 25, 2015
He thinks I make my hummus wrong—that I should add sour salt, but I won’t hear of it.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2012
“I won’t hear of it. We’re not giving up that easily. My child shall not be brought up by a robot if it takes years to break her of it.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
