How to Use rebuff in a Sentence

rebuff

verb

• The company rebuffed the bid.
• She rebuffed him when he asked her for a date.
• Our suggestion was immediately rebuffed.
• Within a few days, the state health department reached out to the man but was rebuffed.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
• But he was rebuffed by the judge, who said Trump’s lawyers needed to comply with the order from Chutkan.
  — Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• But states run by Democrats have rebuffed such efforts.
  — Jill Cowan, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• Though China has rebuffed the idea of a side meeting this year, Austin and Li could still cross paths.
  — Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 30 May 2023
• When a group of Woburn teachers showed up at her office on the fifth day of the strike, an aide rebuffed their efforts to meet with her.
  — James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023
• Then the Patriots rebuffed the Eagles on fourth and 2 at the New England 44.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• That lesson helped steel her resolve to rebuff pressure to go along just to get along.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2022
• Mice and chimps seem to have the scent smarts to know immediately who to befriend and who to rebuff.
  — Sasha Warren, Scientific American, 24 June 2022
• The district court rebuffed that claim, but the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court.
  — Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 18 Sep. 2023
• Thus, the Dodgers turned their attention to Rodriguez — only to be rebuffed by the pitcher.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
• An appeals court judge rebuffed Trump’s push to pause the New York trial, but agreed to leave him in control of his holdings for now.
  — Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
• Do as little as possible to control the site and rebuff any demands to change it.
  — Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2022
• In the nineteen-fifties, another tycoon wanted to build the world’s tallest skyscraper there, but was rebuffed by the banks.
  — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
• But Harris, who had a boyfriend in Richmond, rebuffed him, which led to a deadly struggle.
  — Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• Truth rebuffed Mysterio and the Judgment Day by refusing to give him a chair.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
• When the base’s commander rebuffed them, Burchett and Luna accused him of a cover-up.
  — Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
• Nordhoff tries for himself later that same year, but he, too, is rebuffed.
  — Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
• The state rebuffed the lawyers’ efforts to use the fees as seed money for a new technology system.
  — Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
• The former question remains to be answered, but the latter is fully rebuffed by the rest of this week’s box-office top three.
  — Vulture, 19 Mar. 2023
• And The Times’ efforts to talk with their ski patrollers, who usually are the first responders to accidents on the slopes, were rebuffed.
  — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• Israel has rebuffed mounting calls for a cease-fire, saying any deal would require Hamas to release all its hostages.
  — NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
• This is a light offer for Lillard, a seven-time All-Star, and one that the Blazers have reportedly rebuffed.
  — Afentres, oregonlive, 2 July 2023
• The judge also rebuffed the government’s argument that the shield shouldn’t apply to the vice president.
  — Gregory Korte, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
• In a statement to Fortune, a representative for JLR rebuffed the idea that thefts were behind the drop in value.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 14 Dec. 2023
• Erickson said Sunday his attempts to learn if any changes were being made were rebuffed.
  — CBS News, 4 Dec. 2023
• When presented the final terms of the agreement, Netanyahu rebuffed a Hamas request for a five-day cease-fire, insisting on four.
  — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2023
• The Biden administration has rebuffed widespread calls for a cease-fire until this point.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 7 May 2024