Sentence example with the word 'rebuffs'

rebuffs

Last update: September 23, 2015


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He lived abroad from 1808 to 1812, passing most of his time in England, Scotland, Denmark, Sweden and France; trying to secure aid in the prosecution of his filibustering schemes but meeting with numerous rebuffs, being ordered out of England and Napoleon refusing to receive him.   [Please select]

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It is not such agreeable work as one might suppose, I assure you, one gets so many unexpected rebuffs.   [Please select]

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He took all rebuffs with resignation, and could generally muster a smile soon after.   [Please select]

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More direct advances, after her three galling rebuffs of him, he naturally could not bring himself to make.   [Please select]

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He had watched three humiliating rebuffs turn under his eye, as it were, to so many powerful lodestones.   [Please select]

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He misunderstood their first show of impatience at this, and persevered in the face of their tacit rebuffs.   [Please select]

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She was accustomed to her fathers somewhat rough but not ill-natured rebuffs.   [Please select]

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If she needed me, I was ready; but heaven forbid that I should face fresh rebuffs by seeking her.   [Please select]

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He had laughed at rebuffs and refused discouragement; he had solicited every man who seemed in any way likely to be interested.   [Please select]

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The rebuffs that he had met at the hands of men, both black and white, had had their effect upon his mind while yet it was in a formative state, and easily influenced.   [Please select]

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