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But November -- the chill month with its "rebuff" -- will see both rabbits and magpies quite departed. From Wordnik.com. [Browning's Heroines] Reference
Such a rebuff was a stunner to Mr. Davis, who, however, soon regained his serenity and answered. From Wordnik.com. [Harrison, Mrs. Burton, 1843-1920. Recollections Grave and Gay] Reference
Such a rebuff was a stunner to the recipient of it, who soon regained his own serenity, however, and answered. From Wordnik.com. [A Virginia Girl in the First Year of the War.] Reference
KING: Isn't there also a kind of rebuff against it, people who don't like the pontifical nature of it, the fact that you shall believe?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2004] Reference
But she suddenly met a rebuff -- a kind of rebuff that she did not expect; for. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School] Reference
Adeline was fabricating fearfully, that the "rebuff" was altogether an invention. From Wordnik.com. [The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)] Reference
Can you afford to rebuff your most important ally?. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
The poor fond boy! how hard and bitter was the rebuff. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Far from being dismayed with the rebuff, he tried again. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Secret] Reference
The messenger met with a severe rebuff when he demanded in. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
But the girl, who felt herself ostracized, feared a rebuff. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall] Reference
Chan was greatly distressed at the rebuff which he had received. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference
The rebuff was like a cold shower; it made her catch her breath. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
For Leon Panetta, the gesture of respect failed to disguise the rebuff. From Wordnik.com. [Iraq Study Group: The Forgotten Men] Reference
Did you court the friendship of some great man, and meet with a rebuff?. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
Mugabe, eager to rebuff the renegades, is campaigning very hard himself. From Wordnik.com. [A Despot Clings to Power] Reference
That rebuff makes swift reform of the law essential, it said last month. From Wordnik.com. [Flight Options collapse hits 70,000 holidaymakers] Reference
Her voice was coldly reluctant, carrying with it an unmistakable rebuff. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
I was not in the mood to receive the rebuff calmly, and she simmered down. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
Filippo, abashed by the rebuff, returned rather shamefacedly to the cabin. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
To the Chinese, ever conscious of face, Bush's unconcern amounted to a rebuff. From Wordnik.com. [A Crash In The Clouds] Reference
In spite of that rebuff, extremists within the trophy hunting community are back. From Wordnik.com. [Wayne Pacelle: Prop 109: A Power Grab Bad for Arizona Voters and Wildlife] Reference
He knew that she would take his silence for a rebuff, but he could not help that. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
She nervously introduced Meeker as her "partner" and steadied herself for the rebuff. From Wordnik.com. [A Search For God's Welcome] Reference
"Yes, aunt, on business," declared Savinien, looking down as if he expected a rebuff. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"I know," replied the little girl, meeting the Mayor's rebuff with her usual humility. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
In consequence of this rebuff Dr Wekerle tendered his resignation on the 27th of April. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
You have to be on good speaking terms with the piano or the piano will rebuff you, you know. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering Hank Jones, 'The Dean Of Jazz Pianists'] Reference
S rebuff overtures from retail magnate, and now government adviser, Sir Philip Green in 2004. From Wordnik.com. [HSBC Has Gone on the Civets Trail] Reference
This distant rejoinder practically ends the brief acquaintance without any discourteous rebuff. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
Take, for instance, the matter of a caress or an embrace -- how would you react to repeated rebuff?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
But the Senate's rejection of Judge Bork established a precedent to rebuff a nominee on ideological grounds. From Wordnik.com. [The Bush Court] Reference
She had an enormous beaklike nose and bright black eyes that glittered at me as though daring me to rebuff her. From Wordnik.com. [Magnificent Pigs] Reference
If you are turned down don't get disheartened; on the contrary, let the rebuff act as a stimulant to further effort. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
On the heels of Morgan Stanley's rebuff, a pair of hedge funds acquired a stake of more than 20 percent in the Times. From Wordnik.com. [Slim Pickings] Reference
"I'm not like most people; my face doesn't reflect what I'm feeling," Michael insists, lying to protect Jackie from a rebuff. From Wordnik.com. [This Time, The Bad Guy Finishes First] Reference
Lincoln was greatly depressed by this rebuff, and would have let the matter drop then and there had not his neighbors heard of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
While the Pakistani establishment is always eager to draw comparisons with India, they rebuff any such attempt when it comes to railways. From Wordnik.com. [Saad Khan: Pakistan Derailed] Reference
The Vatican's rebuff deals a blow to Martin, a veteran Vatican diplomat who was appointed to head Ireland's most populous diocese in 2004. From Wordnik.com. [Colombia, Venezuela restore diplomatic ties] Reference
This is not meant to rebuff Russia but to reaffirm NATO's moral relevance by supporting the free will and hard work of my country's people. From Wordnik.com. [The Power Of Values] Reference
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