Sentence examples for they were rejecting from inspiring English sources
When black women bought SheaMoisture products, they were rejecting powerful stereotypes about black women's hair as inherently unattractive.
They were rejecting élites, out of fear and fury that, when it came to them, these values had been abandoned.
"AIPAC couldn't act like they were rejecting what the government of Israel did, but the outcry in the organization about Oslo was so great that they found ways to sabotage it," he said.
After the rebels announced they were rejecting the plan, a Western diplomat, pointing out the size of the protests, said he did not expect the colonel's opponents to waver in their demands.
They were rejecting austerity policies imposed by a political system that seemed beholden to bureaucrats in Brussels and bankers in Frankfurt, and they were calling for a return to the Enlightenment ideals of popular sovereignty and popular participation.
He asked why, if the museum's negotiators were sincere about not planning to cut the workers' health coverage, they were rejecting a provision promising not to make such cuts.
They were rejected and only superficial changes were made.
The news that they were rejected because their armor wasn't historically accurate left them sputtering.
Now, they are glad they were rejected by the co-op board.
They were rejected in favour of the slogan "enosis and only enosis".
