Sentence examples for turn down flat from inspiring English sources

So it is that, this autumn, a multi-millionaire will put on the bestseller agenda the kind of subject that smart agents-and-executives-who-lunch would otherwise turn down flat with a "worthy but dull" sneer.

He asked the British Foreign Secretary and the Foreign Ministers of France and the U.S. not to turn down flat the Russian's suggestion for a four-power conference, because the only alternative he could see to a new and vigorous approach was a steady drift toward war-- the ultimate failure of foreign policy".

But my (very difficult, as it turned out) second novel was turned down flat.

United have seen them given for less, but Boro were turned down flat.

"We've offered him a new, lucrative deal but it was turned down flat".

That led to approaches from the newspapers, which Rowley has turned down flat.

Mannesmann had wanted to bid on several cable properties, but was turned down flat.

Here again, was the kind of career-spiking opportunity that Paper Boi would've turned down flat.

Previous PSG coaches Vahid Halilhodzic and Luis Fernandez both offered Kombouaré an assistant coaching job, but were turned down flat.

Justin Bieber offered in 2007 to be a "brand ambassador" for the company, but was turned down flat by marketing executives.

They were turned down flat when they offered a young band called Nirvana a tour in the very early 90s.