Sentence examples for rebuffed said from inspiring English sources

On Wednesday, Russia pressed for a resolution calling for a cease-fire, but was rebuffed, said Vitaly Churkin, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations.

"We think that the wording of Verizon's press release also makes it clear that Verizon have made their interest in the Verizon Wireless stake to Vodafone and been rebuffed," said Robin Bienenstock, an analyst at Bernstein Research.

Simon, whose efforts at buying its competitor have been rebuffed, says its bid is superior.

Mr. Edwards has recently been challenging Mrs. Clinton to stop taking campaign donations from lobbyists, a challenge she has rebuffed, saying she will not be influenced by lobbyists or special interest groups.

There was no rebuff," said King, who denies the charges of sexual assault and actual bodily harm.

AstraZeneca's chairman, Leif Johansson, who spoke to Cameron after issuing the rebuff, said: "We are showing strong momentum as an independent company".

But they were rebuffed, he said.

The administration asked Saudi Arabia to put some Yemenis through a program aimed at rehabilitating jihadists but was rebuffed, officials said.

"My first suggestions of these ideas to the scientific community were really rebuffed," he said.

Requests for certain documents and testimonies were ignored or rebuffed, they said.

"Lucy writes of how parents themselves complained that their attempts to provide positive comments about her were rebuffed," Fae said.