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Definition of Rebuffing
1. rebuff [v] - See also: rebuff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rebuffing
Literary usage of Rebuffing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Coming Struggle in Eastern Asia by Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale (1909)
"These various accomplishments Asia is now fitting and adapting to the necessities
of the Eastern hour; it is already rebuffing, and is perhaps intent on ..."
2. The Coming Struggle in Eastern Asia by Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale (1908)
"... it is already rebuffing, and is perhaps intent on further rebuffing in a manner
which no foreigner to these lands may know, the aspirations which have ..."
3. The Red Badge of Courage and Four Stories by Stephen Crane (1997)
"They raised him from the ground, and as soon as he was on his feet he went
tottering off, rebuffing all attempts at assistance. When the party rounded the ..."
4. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral by Mary Wollstonecraft (1891)
"... made critical judges, are rebuffing, and his conversation cold and dull,
because it does not consist of pretty repartees or well-turned compliments ? ..."
5. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray (1893)
"In fact, Mrs. Firkin had that natural jealousy which is one of the main principles
of every hon- est woman. After rebuffing Sir Huddleston ..."
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