Sentence examples for were rebuffed as from inspiring English sources
Both were rebuffed as too low.
But moves by the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, for a more radical alteration to the treaty were rebuffed, as the leaders emphasized a more limited and technical set of changes.
Questions about the Groupon IPO, or Rocket Internet, or his competitors were rebuffed, as I pursued him out the door.
On 13 and 14 April, the 8th Panzer Division led a southward thrust towards Sarajevo, where both the Yugoslav Supreme Command and the headquarters of the 2nd Army were located, and during that day the 2nd Army asked the Germans for a separate ceasefire agreement, but were rebuffed, as by this stage only the unconditional surrender of the whole Yugoslav Army would be considered by the Germans.
In the afternoon, some German prisoners of war were sent into the town with an invitation to surrender but this approach was rebuffed, as had been a similar attempt earlier that morning.
Unfortunately, every attempt to establish a dialogue with his administration has been rebuffed (as have efforts like those of "Kony 2012" to get, for example, Oprah, members of the Congressional Black Caucus, or Nobel Prize-winner Joseph Stiglitz to speak on the people's behalf).
For years he was rebuffed as a nuisance by the Israeli officials dealing with the case.
On the other hand Cameron may be rebuffed, as I wrote on Thursday.
The alternate suggestion, the chevron, was rebuffed as the symbol of an oil company.
Bills to improve the compensation have been proposed in Albany, only to be rebuffed as too little, too late.
