Spurning

According to critics, this determination to be an undiminished protagonist may go some way in explaining why Zelenskyy is spurning calls to form a coalition government, or a government of all the talents in Ukraine, during the country’s hour of need.

After a slow start to last Friday’s match, in which their hosts pressed Morton into a couple of early mistakes before spurning their opportunities, the visitors took the match by the scruff of the neck.

Perez, now 31, exploded on to the scene on Tyneside back in 2014, with the youngster spurning interest from the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid to join Alan Pardew's Magpies from Tenerife.

But like other modern historians spurning traditional, often-fawning, “great men” approaches to our past, Coe devotes significant attention to Washington’s role as an enslaver.

Europe is deeply worried about the consequences that spurning Beijing would have on trade and investment.

Normally, it is about spurning the use of a language that defames, holds in contempt, hurts, ridicules, or damages the interests of ethnic, racial, religious or political groups.

In most cases, women were attacked for spurning advances from men.

Newly direct Spain were finishing as strongly as they started with Bonmatí spurning a chance to shoot into an empty net and substitute Keira Walsh blocking a late shot.

The former vice president’s initiatives would constitute a renewed embrace of multilateralism and a rebuke of Trump’s policy of spurning international agreements and denigrating institutions like NATO.

Young as I was, the snub — the spurning, coarse, insulting rejection of it — hurt.

Bryant might look like a fool right now for spurning sure money, but should the reasonable breaks go his way, it might end up being the correct call.

First-half goals from Shkodran Mustafi and Anthony Martial set up an enthralling second half at Old Trafford and a chaotic 45 minutes ensued, with both sides spurning several chances to take the lead.

Belle further inflamed matters by spurning the Indians and signing a large free agent contract with the White Sox in 1997.

By allowing English ecclesiastical influence in his kingdom, he was spurning the Hamburg-Bremen archbishop.

Narcissus, however, was appalled and, spurning her, exclaimed, ‘Hands off!

Spurning romantic relationships after a few disappointing efforts, she finds contentment in simple pleasures and lets her imagination roam free.

The spurning of Buffalo Bill 's Wild West Show proved a serious financial mistake.

Wells (2004), p. 35. Spurning the "cult of rock star personality", their plain, all-black dress became a staple of the genre.