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.
• Gadelha goes for a takedown at the end of the round but is rebuffed.
  — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 6 July 2019
• Then people in the car asked the players’ names, but were rebuffed again.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 24 June 2019
• But he's been gone a long time, and his entreaties are rebuffed.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2019
• 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
• Through their lawyers, Spiegel and Murphy rebuffed Brown’s claims.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
• Animal rights groups tried to bring water to the elk in 2020 but were rebuffed.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
• But like the apology, the effort has been rebuffed by the accusers.
  — Manya Brachear Pashman, chicagotribune.com, 27 May 2018
• 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
• Biden has rebuffed those calls, and vowed to stay in the 2024 race against former President Trump.
  — Ivana Saric, Axios, 10 July 2024
• 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
• Most of the time, Earth’s magnetic field can rebuff and deflect the solar wind.
  — Byhannah Richter, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
• 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
• A few made it to the other side only to be rebuffed by Border Patrol agents on shore.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, latimes.com, 5 June 2018
• 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
• They were routinely rebuffed; and in late-2013, the door was again firmly closed by a high-ranking dean.
  — Noam Cohen, Wired, 4 May 2020
• The Globe attempted to speak with the woman for a third time on Saturday, but was rebuffed.
  — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2018
• 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
• By the time warriors reached the agency, Ojibwe scouts told them the whites were well prepared to rebuff any attack, and it was called off.
  — Curt Brown, Star Tribune, 24 Apr. 2021
• Merkel has rebuffed Trump’s attempts to cut direct deals with her on behalf of the entire EU.
  — Erik Kirschbaum, latimes.com, 22 June 2018
• Do as little as possible to control the site and rebuff any demands to change it.
  — Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2022
• Since being detained by the CIO last week, Yoon has rebuffed efforts to question him.
  — Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
• Weisfield said he’s asked county officials to waive the rule, but was rebuffed.
  — Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 3 Mar 2025