Explore Rebuffing through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Rebuffing meaning
present participle and gerund of rebuff
Using Rebuffing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of rebuff
Context around Rebuffing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rebuffing
- In this selection, "rebuffing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, keeps, gently, sunday, cbs, suggestions and initial stand out and add context to how "rebuffing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a deft rebuffing of multiple and been gently rebuffing his efforts. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rebuffing" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rebuffing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He follows, arms outstretched, but the dog keeps rebuffing him. (10 words)
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. (27 words)
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. (27 words)
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. (39 words)
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. (33 words)
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. (33 words)
Example sentences (7)
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.