Sentence examples for rebuffs as from inspiring English sources
He reports all of these rebuffs as if his neediness were art.
"O to confront night, storms, hunger, ridicule, accidents, rebuffs, as the trees and animals do".
Quisling took these rebuffs as a personal insult; in 1929, with the British now keen to take back control of their own diplomatic affairs, he left Russia.
In the afternoon, some German prisoners of war were sent into the town with an invitation to surrender but this approach was rebuffed, as had been a similar attempt earlier that morning.
Unfortunately, every attempt to establish a dialogue with his administration has been rebuffed (as have efforts like those of "Kony 2012" to get, for example, Oprah, members of the Congressional Black Caucus, or Nobel Prize-winner Joseph Stiglitz to speak on the people's behalf).
The rebuff was as blunt as any the Taliban leader has given since President Bush demanded the surrender of Mr. bin Laden.
Both were rebuffed as too low.
This is why the Turks received the European rebuff as such a deep insult.
For years he was rebuffed as a nuisance by the Israeli officials dealing with the case.
Obama was repeatedly rebuffed as he attempted to achieve a "grand bargain" on taxes and spending.
