Rebuffing

He follows, arms outstretched, but the dog keeps rebuffing him.

However, she has been gently rebuffing his efforts because she is undecided about the institution of marriage due to the horror stories that she had been hearing from other women who are married.

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows defended Trump on Sunday, rebuffing CBS' Margaret Brennan over the notion that Trump's comments sowed doubt in the election.

With a link to a tweet, Ibrahim described Warren’s “sly and effective tactic” of dodging McCain; “a deft rebuffing” of “multiple attempts to interject,” she writes.

At the time Morrison said he was working with Katter on the issue “because the northern Australian cattle industry needs our support”, rebuffing suggestions the negotiations were designed to avoid extra sitting weeks.

HP Inc said on Sunday it was open to exploring a bid for US printer maker Xerox Corp after rebuffing a $33.5 billion cash-and-stock acquisition offer from the latter as “significantly” undervaluing the personal computer maker.

Mitchell’s best moment interrogating Ford occurred when she exposed her stated fear-of-flying excuse for rebuffing initial attempts to bring her to Washington as lame.