Sentence examples similar to turns down flat from inspiring English sources

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.

Tasked with the unenviable job of flogging advertising for the pre-dawn Asian Hour, Brady approached the tycoon touting for business only to be turned down flat.

The last time your friendly scribe sought an interview with Joe Oliver, Canada's minister of natural resources, he was turned down flat.