Sentence examples for try to rebuff from inspiring English sources

And much like her character, you can try to rebuff his charms, but to do so is hopeless.

In Georgia, some Democrats have tried to rebuff the constitutional efforts by suggesting an amendment that includes a ban on adultery.

He changed his mind to pre-empt a hostile bid for Suez by Enel, the biggest Italian electricity firm.Mr de Villepin denies that he is trying to rebuff the Italians.

He suspects that Mr. Perot, despite his associates' repeated denial of political involvement, continues to push the buttons of the party he created and is trying to rebuff Mr. Buchanan as a usurper.

Microsoft and European regulators had clashed for almost a decade in the first antitrust case, as the software maker tried to rebuff charges of abusing its dominance in operating systems to aid its media players and servers.

Like a political candidate on the campaign trail — indeed, his four-year term expires in January — Mr. Bernanke fielded questions from local residents and tried to rebuff charges that the Fed was either conspiring with big banks, stifling free-market capitalism or possibly doing both at the same time.

Instead of trying to rebuff the bigot in the family share a story.

Gone are the days of despicable phrases like "too much information," the popular 90s saying that tries to rebuff anyone veering away from some Groupthink form of standards and proper decorum.

He did try to have the policy overturned, but was rebuffed by his conference.

But Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi rebuffed pleas by refusing to try to make a soft landing.

Men would expose themselves and try to grope her, and get angry when they were rebuffed.