Sentence examples for attack was rebuffed from inspiring English sources

The final offensive, started in July 1918, was an attempt to cross the Marne, in the area of Château-Thierry, but I Corps and other formations on the American lines held, and the attack was rebuffed.

That attempt was rebuffed, apparently.

But some of his views don't look so wild in these warier times: In 1986 he asked the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to impose a no-fly zone over his base in Plano to thwart the possibility of an airliner crash or attack; he was rebuffed.

But some of his views don't look so wild in these warier times:In 1986 he asked the Federal Aviation Administration to impose a no-fly zone over his Plano base to thwart the possibility of an airliner crash or attack; he was rebuffed.

An offer by Andros to send New York troops into Massachusetts to attack Philip was rebuffed, based on the idea that it was covert ploy to again assert authority to the Connecticut River.

The attack against Mr. Khan two weeks ago was rebuffed only when the Afghan National Army and American forces intervened because they feared that the city, also called Herat, was going to fall to his rival, Amanullah Khan.

But in 2006, when Rodriguez tried to convince congressional Republicans that their increasingly strident attacks on illegal aliens would backfire politically, he was rebuffed.

After the attack on the trade center, he quietly explored the possibility of overturning the law, but was rebuffed by the City Council and the Assembly.

I also submit my resignation as vice premier (Deputy Prime Minister)." It seems his offer was rebuffed, and the incident in his life that he spoke of may have been a heart attack he had recently suffered.

The G.A.O. was rebuffed.

The request was rebuffed.