"Rebuff" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... weavin' about like that, Tubby. Can't you let a guy get some sleep. I'll hand you a cold rebuff in the ribs in a minute. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Aug. 22, 1917 • Various
... are you going to get yourself out of this scrape, if you will not let me get you out. You rebuff me again, though I only want ...
— The Grip of Desire • Hector France
... a rebuff, but was always answered to the best of your ability, dear mamma. I think of that now when tempted to impatience with my little girl's sometimes wearisome questioning, and resolve to try to be as good ...
— Christmas with Grandma Elsie • Martha Finley
... conceive that—the barrier of her exclusiveness once passed—she might prove to be winsome and fascinating beyond the power of words to express. But I had a suspicion that the man who should be bold enough to attempt the passage of that barrier would have to face many a rebuff, as well as the very strong probability of ultimate ignominious, irretrievable defeat; and as I was then—and still am, for that matter— a rather sensitive individual, I quickly determined that I at least ...
— The Castaways • Harry Collingwood
... slap, and that he has sworn to converse with her no more. He indicates, however, that his father is in the room overhead. Alice meekly accepts the rebuff. 'Shall ...
— Alice Sit-By-The-Fire • J. M. Barrie
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