Sentence examples for figures reject from inspiring English sources

Senior SNP figures reject his assertions, however, countering that they are based on false comparisons.

However, acceptance of evolution remains low in the Muslim world, as prominent figures reject evolution's underpinning philosophy of materialism as unsound to human origins and a denial of Allah.

Strewn around the table were dozens of tiny figures, rejects from the original "Hell".

The Iranian foreign ministry declined to comment on Obama's move, but senior Iranian figures rejected the idea that their country was a threat to the region.

A day after the report's publication, political turmoil continued with a Conservative member of the panel, Louise Mensch, saying the committee had never even discussed Mr. Murdoch's suitability as head of a global empire — a charge some Labour figures rejected.

For the first hundred years or so after Charles Darwin first put forth his theory, the church took no formal stance on evolution, though some church figures rejected it.

Again and again Balanchine, who figures throughout the book as a mordantly judgmental figure, rejected him, which broke Nureyev's heart.

It was already public knowledge by that stage that Aston Villa had seen the same figure rejected out of hand by Blackpool.

So it was very useful to me to think of Jessold as a Dylan-y figure, rejecting the path he was supposed to go down, and moving towards his own expression, which is when his genius clicks in.

In its recent primary elections, bellicose figures who reject the two-state ideal prevailed.

Ms. Halprin, who is 81, will also perform an episode from "Memories From My Closet," an autobiographical solo, and Eiko and Koma will offer "Snow," in which figures alternately reject and embrace each other in a snowy landscape.