I thought it was merely some little frolic born of an hour, to be forgotten in a day; but I cannot refuse you my sympathy.
But, in following this connection of things, we cannot refuse to acknowledge that Ireland had formerly been in one mass of land with Britain, in like manner as the Orkneys had been with Scotland[16].
Certain it is they could not pray to the spirit of a purer being; and if the act itself be questionable, at least we cannot refuse, to the emotion which prompts it, our mental tribute of sincere sympathy.
I cannot refuse to accompany her now; indeed, you saw she would take no denial.
It is not worth seeing,’ said the timid girl, throwing back the end of her doputta; ‘nevertheless your kindness and welcome is so great that I cannot refuse you.
To the still small voice of Nature our ears are deafened by the clash and clang of an ever-active world; but we cannot refuse to listen to the roar of the ocean or the reverberation of the thunder.
Yet we cannot refuse to them a character of real grandeur and true nobility.
Like the watchman, we cannot refuse to be moved by the spectacle, by the stir and the tumult; but it is only considerations of duty that can induce us to descend from our security, and mingle in the fray.
I cannot refuseto believe this, and so I cannot willingly remain at enmity with others.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cannot refuse" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.