Refuses

As he sits in the dark, typing away at his computer, he hears the sound of morning birds chirping away and realizes he has been up all night - but the insomniac still refuses to sleep.

How do you expect to weather the financial storm when the bank refuses to extend a helping hand?

Emily has such a sweet tooth she never refuses candy.

He refuses formula.

The government refuses to bow to public pressure.

Although the government refuses to admit it, its economic policy is in ruins.

He refuses to listen to me.

He refuses to become involved in the trouble.

She refuses to abandon her career for marriage.

He refuses to accept his old age.