Definition, Betydelse & Anagram | Engelska ordet REBUFFS

Definition av REBUFFS

1. böjningsform av rebuff

Exempel på hur man kan använda REBUFFS i en mening

• Frere issues an ultimatum to the Zulu king, Cetshwayo, demanding that he dissolve the Zulu military; an indignant Cetshwayo rebuffs the demand, providing Lord Chelmsford and Frere with a casus belli against the Zulu.
• In "Extradition: British Columbia," after successfully apprehending a master thief that he has spent years tracking down, the thief rebuffs Lassiter's gloating, commenting that he has no idea who Lassiter is.
• Eight weeks later, paleontologist Alan Grant struggles to secure funding for his Velociraptor research and rebuffs the public's obsession with the events on Isla Nublar.
• The "maid" Louise casually rebuffs the sexual advances of the servant, Dick Thurlow, but then goes to his master's room and undresses before them both.
• Returning to the house, and confident that all is going to plan, Hardt makes advances to Tiel, but she rebuffs him.
• Nabal harshly rebuffs David's request: "Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days that break away every man from his master; shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?".
• Although shaken, Damien rebuffs his friends' entreaties to stay in Ireland and join the IRA, saying that the war is unwinnable.
• Completely oblivious to the affections of his childhood friend Boof, Scott constantly rebuffs her advances due to their history together.
• After a series of rebuffs, Dodd produced a report for the State Department dated November 28, 1936, which Assistant Secretary Moore commended and forwarded to Roosevelt.
• He then seeks advice from champion luchador Ramses, who arrogantly rebuffs his attempts at conversation.
• Upon arriving at the asylum for her first interview with Lecter, the asylum manager Frederick Chilton makes a crude pass at her, which she rebuffs; this helps her bond with Lecter, who despises Chilton.
• Bond is puzzled by a woman who rebuffs him; he discovers Zorin has written her a cheque for $5 million.
• Vertumnus, either a demigod of seasons or a satyr, becomes taken with the nymph's beauty, but she ignores and rebuffs all his advances to enter her realm and remains a maiden.
• He pays a visit to the Bellegarde estate, where he meets Claire's two brothers: the cheerful Valentin and the aloof Marquis de Bellegarde, who coldly rebuffs him.
• Saturnyne rebuffs him rude and coldly, but Roma sympathizes with him and gives him a talisman that allows him to travel through the web of life in order to save all the remaining spiders.
• In "The Fundraiser" Huey tries to warn him directly about the foregone conclusions of his poor decisions, but Riley offhandedly rebuffs him.
• Paradoxically, this was not reflected in his personal dealings with officialdom and his hopes for preferment received many rebuffs.
• When Frank attempts to be consoling, Bayliss rebuffs him and ends their partnership, causing them to become cold and indifferent toward one another.
• After the remarriage, Kazuko and Shizuo engage in a sexual act while bathing, during which the latter coldly rebuffs her.
• Henry rebuffs Hawkeye's demand that the longjohns be returned but later gives them back to Hawkeye in gratitude for saving his life via an appendectomy.

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