Sentence examples for rebuff him from inspiring English sources

He told magistrates he was "afraid" of him and did not dare to rebuff him.

It would frankly have been rude to rebuff him, not least at an occasion in which Mr Obama spoke movingly of Mr Mandela's spirit of reconciliation.

In one incident, Mr Lake's juniors got calls from a dodgy businessman seeking access to the president, and sensibly did their best to rebuff him.

If, as president, Mr. Trump were to order the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to close the foundation inquiry, Mr. Comey could choose to rebuff him.

At times, he appeared as a supplicant to his superiors on the campaign, who occasionally ignored his notes or appeared to rebuff him, the emails show.

Even as Mr. Gates steps up his efforts to tighten Pentagon contracting, House members are expected to rebuff him once again on Tuesday on the engine, one of the main programs he has vowed to kill.

Mr. Reid rebuffed him.

And Sessions rebuffed him.

Mr Meciar rudely rebuffed him.

Parliament overwhelmingly rebuffed him.

And Democrats openly rebuffed him.