Sentence examples for having rebuffed from inspiring English sources

WHEN, having rebuffed the British, French and Spanish armies, Haiti's freed slaves wrote their act of independence in 1804, their leader's secretary vowed to use "a white man's skull for an inkwell, his skin for parchment, blood for ink".

Some of them take place at the firehouse; when a crew member complains about a woman's having rebuffed him the night before, and Tommy expresses surprise that he was making a play for someone he didn't even find attractive, his buddy says, "Hey, Tommy, it's gettin' slow out there, pal.

Having rebuffed government appeals last month to extend support for credit markets, the central bank might soon find itself under pressure to buy more government bonds as rising yields and the risk of a credit rating downgrade threaten an economic recovery, analysts said.

But Sierra's case (the man convicted of murdering her said the attack began after she rebuffed his attempt to kiss her), was strikingly similar to that of Mary Spears, for instance, shot and killed in Detroit in 2014 having rebuffed a man's advances, and to that of another woman who had her throat slashed by a man in New York (but fortunately survived) after she turned down the offer of a date.

France midfielder Jeremy Toulalan was outstanding and eager to stay, having rebuffed tentative interest from Newcastle.

Having rebuffed Australian government pressure to boycott the Moscow Olympics in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Evans won bronze in the 100 m breaststroke.

So far Sony has rebuffed those demands.

But the Department of Interior has rebuffed such offers.

Democrats have rebuffed the demand.

The industry, however, has rebuffed those requests.

The board has rebuffed him each time.