Sentence examples for originally rejected from inspiring English sources

The court originally rejected the petition, but recently reversed that decision.

Vivendi originally rejected Vodafone's offer, saying it did not reflect the full value of Cegetel.

Instead, a redevelopment of Stansted airport – originally rejected by the commission – was approved.

Jabo had died after he was mustered out so they had originally rejected the widow's claim.

The insertion was originally rejected at Rome and Constantinople; it would, however, be adopted at Rome by the 11th century.

He lobbied for "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" to be published in America in 1952 after most New York publishers had originally rejected it.

Tipping, originally rejected by Americans as an anti-democratic gesture that validated class distinctions, was superfluous, and therefore saved customers money.

Tracy Tracy's 80s popsters the Primitives were quite entitled to seize upon a name originally rejected by the soon-to-be Velvet Underground.

A literary agent noticed it, contacted her and eventually sold her book to Villard, one of the publishers that had originally rejected it.

This week, The New Yorker publishes "Thank You for the Light," a 1936 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that was originally rejected by the magazine decades ago.

And remember, even with the stock market and economy in free fall, Congress originally rejected TARP before it reversed itself days later after the markets appeared to be gripped in a death spiral.