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The part of the phrase "spurned" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing the act of rejecting or dismissing someone or something with disdain or contempt. Example: "After being spurned by her crush, she decided to focus on her own happiness instead."
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spurned
verb
Past of spurn
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Once Maribor spurned the chance for a consolation via a penalty that Agim Ibraimi struck against a post, Hazard began to run the show.
He may have spurned his Englishness but you could not entirely remove the Yorkshire from him.
One of America's most iconic sports stadiums looks doomed to destruction after Houston-area voters spurned a rescue plan for the Astrodome.
There were two crucial clashes at the bottom of League One as Walsall hosted Notts County and Crewe met Crawley, and perhaps it was understandable that neither match yielded a goal, but both home sides might regret spurned chances – Walsall's Jordan Cook twice hit the woodwork.
Instead the Northampton wing, backing up spectacularly, spurned the two men inside him and went for the corner only to collide painfully with Argentina's lock Patricio Albacete.
He'd quite like to live in New York for a while, where his daughter is studying, but fears he might get flak from a Britain that could feel spurned.
Safarova was struggling to find a foothold in the contest but was handed a lifeline in a lengthy sixth game when Ivanovic had two break points to go 5-1 ahead but spurned both and allowed Safarova to hold for 4-2.
Conservative Republicans spurned pleas from some potential presidential contenders this weekend for a new appeal to America's working class, highlighting an internal disagreement over income inequality that has become an early dividing line in the party's 2016 primary.
He has spurned the recent United Nations multilateral climate negotiations by refusing to send a minister to represent Australia.
The chance must not be spurned | Simon Tisdall Midnight is meant to be the cutoff time, but it has soft edges.
Both spurned the Lords, but Churchill was 80, not 58, when he left No 10 trailing only slightly tarnished glory, not humiliation.
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