Sentence examples for old rejection from inspiring English sources

Consequently, women's attempts to solicit guidance from pastors are far too often met with aloofness, suggestions for an alternate plan like a "female mentor," or just plain, old rejection.

"They sent me a letter that told me that I didn't write poetry -- not only didn't I write poetry, but I should go out and buy a thesaurus and a dictionary and a book on writing poetry," Ms. Mann said in a phone interview, the sting of that 10-year-old rejection letter still fresh in her voice.

There is none of the aggression of the young "guides" of old, where rejection would lead to prolonged stalking, catcalls and general botheration.

This is far from an old-fashioned rejection of the market.

There's an old-school rejection of ambition in Corbyn's claim not to want the leadership, and a peculiar Britishness to the public response that this made him the most viable candidate.

"To Rome with Love" is an old man's rejection of mortality.

For those whose own families have treated them with ambivalent hostility, the upswing of hate crimes since the election recapitulates old experiences of rejection.

Garbarino sees Anna, the younger of the two sisters at the center of Frozen, as a Christ-like figure, persistent in trying to redeem her bewitched older sister despite rejection and disappointment.

Open image in new window Fig. 11 A 29-year-old patient with rejection of the pancreatic graft after SPK transplantation.

The 25-year-old dealt with rejection at hometown club Brighton before working his way back up the career ladder to Norwich, via non-league side Lewes.

Principal contrasts of interest were (i) for the three hit conditions (neutral, negative, positive) vs. correct rejections (old > new effects), (ii) between a collapsed emotional hit condition (weighted combination of positive and negative hits) and neutral hits (valence-independent effects), and (iii) between positive, negative and neutral hits separately (valence-specific effects).