How to Use spurn in a Sentence

spurn

verb

• End of carousel Not fitting in led me to spurn my full name for many years.
  — Marian Chia-Ming Liu, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
• The Lakers then chased Kawhi Leonard, who spurned them for the crosstown Clippers.
  — Ben Golliver, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2019
• If too many spurn the offers, the school could face a revenue shortfall.
  — Wsj Noted., WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021
• Many wine lovers spurn screw-top caps even when those caps are said to preserve the wine better.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2021
• Rushing bucked the trend of Salpointe Catholic stars to spurn Arizona.
  — Justin Spears, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
• The event was captured on video, with the idea of spreading the good word to Hall of Fame voters who have spurned Walker in the past.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2019
• After spurning a shot and missing a shot at goal, Japan went ball-in-hand.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2019
• Bite Beauty's best-selling Agave Lip Mask has spurned a lip balm, lip scrub, and overnight mask.
  — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 12 Jan. 2020
• Now, Ingram becomes the latest top prospect to spurn the Wolverines.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2020
• His halo and his harp were earned, in aiding those whom fortune spurned.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2019
• Republicans have now spurned all three of their top leaders over the past few weeks.
  — Catie Edmondson Annie Karni Steve Eder Robert Jimison Annie Karni Michael D. Shear Annie Karni Annie Karni Annie Karni Carl Hulse Carl Hulse Annie Karni Carl Hulse Catie Edmondson Catie Edmondson Catie Edmondson Carl Hulse Kayla Guo Karoun Demirjian Catie Edmondson Catie Edmondson Karoun Demirjian Carl Hulse Catie Edmondson Catie Edmondson Catie Edmondson Carl Hulse Kayla Guo Catie Edmondson Rober, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• Sentinel Peak Resources spurned the commands and filed a lawsuit.
  — Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• Playing in the clutch continues to spurn the Cavaliers.
  — Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
• In 2011, a pod adopted a deformed bottlenose dolphin, which had been spurned.
  — Christian Wiman, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
• Some of those who spurn their existing teams to enter the transfer portal will find no one else wants them.
  — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2021
• He was being rejected, he was being spurned like a lover.
  — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2019
• Grant’s decision to spurn the Nuggets for a larger role with the Pistons was one of the bigger surprises of the offseason.
  — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2020
• Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard among them—in a van, spurning the straight and narrow for an epic surf/ski/climb road trip clear to Argentina.
  — Daniel Duane, Outside Online, 12 Apr. 2020
• Then, they were spurned by perhaps the next best option just before Tuesday’s 3 p.m. cutoff.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
• The cruise line also urges its guests and crew members to spurn the industry by not buying or eating whale or dolphin meat.
  — Andrea Sach, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2023
• The government’s approach has ever since then been to work with some jihadis but spurn others.
  — Time, 1 Aug. 2023
• Even spurned lovers celebrate Valentine's Day too, in the most unorthodox ways.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2024
• Many insurers, Cuban explains, have felt spurned or hassled by PBMs, too.
  — Lauren Larson, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
• Earlier offers by Iraq to abide by only some of the resolutions had been spurned by Bush.
  — Judy Wiessler, Houston Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2019
• United should have taken the lead with one of these chances, but by spurning them Ten Hag’s side remained vulnerable.
  — Sam Pilger, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• Two spurned bidders have launched unsuccessful bid protests and one of them, Oracle, filed and lost a lawsuit.
  — James Bandler, ProPublica, 22 Aug. 2019
• Ellison, both a close business associate and a woman spurned, took a plea deal and is now a likely witness against him.
  — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• All of the dynamics at play before a wedding: Who spurned who and what mother-in-law left out the other, family wealth being split.
  — Town & Country, 12 July 2023
• Considering Jenner appears to have spurned nipple-covers, the braless queen is putting a whole lot of faith in a strip of stretchy fabric (and perhaps a bit of fashion tape).
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2024
• That award signified their gradual re-embrace by a local industry that had once spurned them, toward an uncontested master status that this bright, doting documentary underlines.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024