How to Use rebuff in a Sentence

rebuff

verb

• The company rebuffed the bid.
• She rebuffed him when he asked her for a date.
• Our suggestion was immediately rebuffed.
• But Thune has so far rebuffed those calls.
  — Jared Gans, The Hill, 9 Mar. 2026
• But he's been gone a long time, and his entreaties are rebuffed.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2019
• Once that creation rebuffed him, though, love turned to hate.
  — Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
• Gadelha goes for a takedown at the end of the round but is rebuffed.
  — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 6 July 2019
• Then people in the car asked the players’ names, but were rebuffed again.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 24 June 2019
• Courts and Congress have rebuffed him.
  — Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
• Murillo took a shot at goal but was rebuffed by Livaković in the goal.
  — Monica Alba, NBC news, 24 June 2026
• That lesson helped steel her resolve to rebuff pressure to go along just to get along.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2022
• Let’s talk about Sage rebuffing your attempt at a hug.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
• Within a few days, the state health department reached out to the man but was rebuffed.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
• Asked if more rest appeals to him, though, Altuve rebuffed the idea.
  — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
• World leaders and their trade teams scrambled to cut deals to ease new rates, only to be rebuffed.
  — Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
• But rebuffing an invasion might not end the war.
  — Zack Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2025
• Related made a bid to take over Ladder last year but was rebuffed.
  — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2019
• Even after all that, Smith tried to go in for a kiss that was instantly rebuffed.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• But like the apology, the effort has been rebuffed by the accusers.
  — Manya Brachear Pashman, chicagotribune.com, 27 May 2018
• Zelenskyy sought to return to Cannes last year but was rebuffed.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 14 May 2024
• But when the Tasker hit submit on the form, he too was rebuffed by the reCaptcha.
  — Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
• Baldoni, for his part, rebuffed Lively’s claims.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2026
• Through their lawyers, Spiegel and Murphy rebuffed Brown’s claims.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
• Overall, the North has thus far rebuffed the South’s peace gestures.
  — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
• But each of those attempts has been rebuffed by the legislature.
  — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026
• Do as little as possible to control the site and rebuff any demands to change it.
  — Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2022
• Iran has rebuffed those talks, according to a state media report.
  — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2026
• Pope Leo rebuffs reporter's question about troops in his hometown.
  — FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
• Moscow is, so far, rebuffing its peace entreaties over Ukraine.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
• Mice and chimps seem to have the scent smarts to know immediately who to befriend and who to rebuff.
  — Sasha Warren, Scientific American, 24 June 2022