spurn
Example Sentences
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For most of the past century, it would have been unthinkable for BYU’s coach to spurn a blueblood like Penn State, with all the in-built advantages it offered in recruiting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
With surprising speed, however, this country’s leaders came to spurn McKinley’s embrace of a colonial empire with its costly, complicated occupation of overseas territories.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025
Florida State: You’ll find the Seminoles closer to the top here than in other post-spring forecasts, largely because of our faith in coach Mike Norvell to turn the playoff spurn into seasonlong emotional propulsion.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
He still felt he could win and he did not want to spurn the opportunity.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2024
The first I chose was Céline Varens—another of those steps which make a man spurn himself when he recalls them.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing spurn
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Grade 11, List 4
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"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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