In a sentence
Six example sentences with spurn, each labelled with its topic.
She spurned the acquisition offer publicly, telling the conference that a bigger check would not buy her users' trust.
Startups
The veteran spurned a bench role with the champions and signed instead where he could start every single night.
Basketball
The heroine spurns her wealthy suitor at the ball, handing back his gift without so much as a glance.
Literature
Diogenes spurned Alexander's offer of any favor he wished, asking only that the king step out of his sunlight.
Philosophy
The band spurned the label's offer, preferring to press a thousand copies themselves and sell them from the van.
Music
The queen spurned the envoy's gifts and sent them back unopened, a snub that kept the two courts apart for a decade.
History
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