Sentence examples for were being spurned from inspiring English sources

A few, talking privately, expressed their chagrin at the churlishness of Cuba's Party apparatchiks, and worried that, after all of Obama's effort, his overtures were being spurned.

SABRES 5, ISLANDERS 3 While the Islanders were being spurned by goalie Evgeni Nabokov off the ice, they fared no better on it, as Buffalo evened a home-and-home series.

Yet even as his canvassers racked up petition signatures from voters in the state, Mactaggart was being spurned by almost every prominent privacy group in the country.

A main reason coal is inexpensive in Europe is because it is being spurned by U.S. utilities, which are cashing in on the boom in low-cost shale gas.

9 P.M. (ABC) THE BACHELORETTE The last time we saw DeAnna Pappas she was being spurned by Brad Womack on "The Bachelor" when he decided, for the first time in the series's history, that he didn't want to be with any of the women on the show.

As Rodriguez listed off his grievances with Weird Wave, it became clear that the protest was being spurned on by the perceived lack of respect being shown to the community by Weird Wave.

As for stapled financing, the beast that got Barclays into trouble, it is increasingly being spurned on Wall Street.

The reasons, she explained, include the stress of being different and being spurned by friends and family.

That's why being spurned by a lover hurts all over the body, but in no place you can point to.

This is true of all the nationalities in the jungle who have made perilous journeys, been exploited by people traffickers and are now being spurned by both France and the UK.

However, it is hardly clear that her supporters — many of whom have made no secret of their distress at being spurned — will be as outwardly enthusiastic.