She refused to be defined by party politics or racial comparisons.

VOA: special.2011.03.20

She, in her place, refused him any help, With the least stiffening of her neck in silence.

她在那里，拒绝了他的帮助，她安静下来，肢体僵硬。

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One day,she refused the sexual demands of a man.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

In her own good land here She's been abused, She's been burned, dishonored, denied and refused.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

She was told that the United States was the only major nation that refused to join.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

She was arrested. Some popular stories about that incident include the statement that Rosa Parks refused to leave her seat because her feet were tired.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

For example, a Denver newspaper reporter named Gene Fowler wrote that she survived a tornado as a baby, refused to attend school and chewed tobacco.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

She remembers that the man operating the device at first refused to accept her material.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

When she was released, New York City officials refused to give her a document that permitted her to work in any place that served alcoholic drinks.

VOA: special.2010.02.28