He had cravenly rebuffed her, and she had borne the rebuff in silence.

Her dark hair was still plainly, though rather effectively, drawn about her small headshe had definitely rebuffed the suggestion of her mother that it be marcelledbut her wisp of a frock of bronze gossamer was revolutionary in the extreme.

But at the time I felt distinctly rebuffed, and only the extreme beauty of my dress as the maudlin "good fairy" Goldenstar consoled me.

He made the rounds of all the offices; although invariably rebuffed he became more firmly convinced than ever that journalism was his designated sphere.

They were never at their ease, always upon the brink of a catastrophe, encouraged one day only to be rudely rebuffed the next, bullied in public and slighted in private, and yet, in spite of it all, the singular fact remains that they loved him and served him as no monarch has been loved and served.

Bob, with instinctive courtesy, had offered to help her search, but she had rebuffed him sharply.