Sentence examples for would rebuff from inspiring English sources

Everyone knew that both of them would rebuff any approach from a commercial emissary.

Given the violent streak of Hunding, her husband, it's hard to imagine that she would rebuff his kisses in the presence of a suspecting stranger.

Maduro had previously said he would rebuff any attempt to grant amnesty to the more than 70 opposition members facing charges for dissent.

Alan was still hopeful that the Nationals would rebuff the amorous advance of the ReturnBull and refuse to govern in coalition.

By the second round, the pattern was thoroughly woven: Tyson would charge out to begin the round, Lewis would rebuff him, tie him up, and then commence rapping off his brow the stiffest left jab since Ali's in mid-career.

A report in The Wall Street Journal that the Federal Reserve would rebuff pressure from American banks and go along with international recommendations on capital levels for banks also affected the markets, analysts said.

Occasionally one would reach out to me with missionary zeal, but I'd rebuff that person with haughty silence.

She felt that she'd been given a lower grade than she deserved, and said that it was because she'd rebuffed Walcott's advance.

And I'd be like, "Ayn, look, I'd love to but I have Algebra — " at which time, because I'd rebuffed her, she'd correct my pronunciation of her name.

This was followed by his first real job, as an assistant at the director Jonathan Demme's company; early on, he'd rebuffed Demme's compliments about some still photos he'd taken (Miller felt they were underexposed), and a few months later, he says, he was let go for just not being a very good assistant.

And yet I'd rebuffed their advances for ages.