Sentence examples for were spurned by from inspiring English sources

They sought to attend on Valverde's behalf but were spurned by the Italians for a supposed lack of cooperation.

From little material, Zidane, captaining the team, fashioned his side's only real opportunities but both were spurned by team-mates.

Even relatives in Nanzhang who had no contact with the Shens were made to suffer as their children were spurned by others.

The reality is rather different, as Deutsche Bank found when its approaches to France's SG and Crédit Lyonnais were spurned by the French authorities.

WHEN NASDAQ's advances were spurned by the London Stock Exchange earlier this year, a lack of subtlety was said to have contributed to its failure.

A succession of chances were spurned by the home side who, when they were not being thwarted by Sunderland's outstanding defender Jody Craddock and goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen, were let down by a complete lack of confidence in their scoring ability.

It was spurned by ESPN as a sport that was losing its value and its zest.

(That film was spurned by the Oscars in its foreign-language category).

He underestimated the psychological effect on himself of being spurned by his own people.

Carl describes drawing on his signature strength of gratitude after being spurned by a love interest.

At every turn, a locally-supported and professionally-executed A-League4Canberra bid was spurned by FFA.