spurned
Example Sentences
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When the singer put out “Red Rose Speedway” in 1973, the Village Voice spurned it as “possibly the worst album ever made by a rock and roller of the first rank.”
Instead of using Leah’s name, the book spurned her as, “The relative … in whose house Miss Fox was then living.”
From Literature
On a night Gordon spurned one or two opportunities from open play, there was no chance of him letting go of the ball when he won his side another spot-kick before the break.
From BBC
Discovery is cracking open the door to allow spurned bidder, Paramount Skydance, to make its case — but Warner’s board still maintains its preference for Netflix’s competing proposal.
From Los Angeles Times
Takaichi spurned the chance for an apprenticeship at a Japanese conglomerate to instead take a job in Washington, D.C.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
