flat refusal

And even then the only final result might be a flat refusal to believe.

He supposed any answer other than a flat refusal had promise.

She had not counted on a flat refusal from him.

I should have expected her flat refusal to grant me, at the very least, the same space to set the record straight.

Finally he ended the discussion with a flat refusal and called Perkins.

Jack asked to be allowed to visit the ape, but again he was met with flat refusal.

It wasn't exactly good news but it was better than a flat refusal.

To my great astonishment, I received a flat refusal from the young lieutenant.

In many cases where a request has been made, it has met with a flat refusal.

I knew Chade expected a flat refusal from me.

So far he'd kept the initiative; now, faced with a flat refusal, he was on the verge of losing it.

Pinkard muttered under his breath; he hadn't expected a flat refusal.

The union responded with a flat refusal and a campaign to discredit Eastern's safety practices.

One man folded his arms in flat refusal.

She had to turn her entire body toward me for me to see the flat refusal in her eyes.

Tensed faces, sensing some of the truth beneath his flat refusal to discuss the matter.

I think he expected either a flat refusal or weak excuse which he could batter down.

Flat refusal did not occur to him.

It was the first time he had ever given Seff or Bowker a flat refusal.

Since the cook's flat refusal to hand-feed a prisoner, the captain had grudgingly allowed him the use of his hands.

A flat refusal to provide any interim energy assistance would strengthen hard-line sentiment in Pyongyang.

A flat refusal hovered palpably on his lips.

Ordinarily, Cardona would have returned a flat refusal.

He had gone from a flat refusal to mulling a full-blown prospect that had to be decided.

The leader of the clan that had members who were Zoug's kin reconsidered his flat refusal to accept her.