Spurning

Word SPURNING
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Definitions and meanings of "Spurning"

What do we mean by spurning?

To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.

To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.

To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity)

To kick or toss up the heels.

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The word "spurning" in example sentences

And many fear that in spurning the Iranian government in its entirety, Bush may be slamming the door on five years of painstaking progress. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Rebels passed resolutions "spurning" Mr. Lincoln's terms "with the indignation due to so gross an insult;" declared that the circumstances connected with his offer could only "add to the outrage and stamp it as ❋ John Alexander Logan (1856)

Mr. Mugabe said Gadhafi had been "naïve to build close relations with the West, who were once his enemies," and faulted him for spurning old allies in Africa. ❋ Farai Mutsaka (2011)

On a nationwide scale, Republicans are spurning feel-good solutions and vague promises. ❋ Gary Shapiro (2011)

But Luke also becomes an unbridled monster, spurning religion, conscience and charity. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Thursday's spurning of the Nasdaq-ICE offer comes one week before a meeting of NYSE shareholders, some of whom already were rankled by their board's prior refusal to talk with the ICE-Nasdaq team or push for improved terms from the Deutsche Börse. ❋ Jacob Bunge (2011)

Mr. Saleh's spurning of the plan appears to have left the international community with few palatable options. ❋ Hakim Almasmari (2011)

The precious metal as a result has generally traded in line with commodities and other growth-sensitive assets in recent weeks, spurning its occasional perceived role as a safe haven from economic turmoil. ❋ Matt Day (2011)

I say this because it is evidence, I think, that West is not, by any stretch of the imagination, spurning constructive criticism or thumbing his nose at the Magisterium, or saying, "Hey, I know it all, leave me alone!" ❋ Unknown (2009)

They also flocked to high-dividend-paying stocks, spurning bank stocks and commodities. ❋ Jonathan Cheng (2011)

Or the Republicans will put together a proposal that sounds just as good to the average voter but is completely defeated by a few careful loopholes and then act like good faith negotiators that the Democrats are spurning in their single-minded lust for power. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That may have helped tilt a special board committee towards spurning the offer, an analyst said. ❋ Ryan Dezember (2011)

Age was a major varying factor, with younger people more likely to oversleep and those over 55 increasingly spurning a clock at all. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There he thrived, leaving in 1933 to go up to Trinity College, Cambridge as a teacher training college student, a now non-existent category, spurning an exhibition offered by Downing College. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Huffington Post has a great piece of video of Hillary Clinton spurning a kiss from husband Bill Clinton in favour of a kiss from Barack Obama, do take a look ... ❋ Not A Sheep (2009)

Teixeira remains something of a villain to Red Sox fans for spurning them to sign with the Yankees, and his comments this spring that he embraces an ''underdog'' role for the Yankees after the Sox acquired Gonzalez and Carl Crawford raised eyebrows in Boston. ❋ Daniel Barbarisi (2011)

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