REJECT in a Sentence

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She had obtained private intelligence that Mr. Darcy did not wish for cards; and Mr. Hurst soon found even his open petition rejected.

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 Meanings and Examples of REJECT
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reject
 v.  turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
Classic Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
1  For our parts, we reject this word uprisings as too large, and consequently as too convenient.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER I—THE SURFACE OF THE QUESTION
2  However, we reject these figures, which appear to be reasons and which are only words.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER I—THE SURFACE OF THE QUESTION
3  He decided that, in case of a refusal, he would tear off his bandages, dislocate his collar-bone, that he would lay bare all the wounds which he had left, and would reject all food.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY F...
4  If after six months she felt that she did not love him she would have full right to reject him.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XXIV
5  The most important thing, if something was to be achieved, was to reject in advance any idea that he might be in any way guilty.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
6  He would feel himself forsaken; his love rejected: he would suffer; perhaps grow desperate.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
7  She had obtained private intelligence that Mr. Darcy did not wish for cards; and Mr. Hurst soon found even his open petition rejected.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
8  She was busily searching through the neighbourhood for a proper situation for her daughter, and, without knowing or considering what their income might be, rejected many as deficient in size and importance.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 50
9  Miss Cathy rejected the peace-offering of the terrier, and demanded her own dogs, Charlie and Phoenix.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
10  She placed a cushion under his head, and offered him some water; he rejected the latter, and tossed uneasily on the former, as if it were a stone or a block of wood.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  He makes a proposal of much advantage to the king, which is rejected.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VII.
12  For a moment she considered asking him to lend her three hundred dollars, but wearily she rejected the idea.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
13  She had rejected Rosedale's suggestion with a promptness of scorn almost surprising to herself: she had not lost her capacity for high flashes of indignation.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 8
14  Such rejected or condemned animals shall at once.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
15  state and municipality in which said rejected or condemned.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
Example Sentence: (44 in 3 pages)
16  Any attempt to discuss the issue of human rights was rejected as an unwarranted interference in the country's internal affairs.
17  We rejected the acquisitiveness of our parents' generation.
18  She was rejected by her peer group.
19  Sarah rejected her brother's offer of help.
20  The prime minister rejected any idea of reforming the system.
21  She rejected his offer of marriage.
22  They rejected a demand for the removal of all nuclear weapons from UK soil.
23  It baffled me that he rejected my offer.
24  Every piece is closely scrutinised, and if there is the slightest blemish on it, it is rejected.
25  It was an ill-researched product that consumers rightly rejected.
26  She firmly rejected the suggestion that she had lied to Parliament.
27  Some scientists have rejected evolutionary theory.
28  He's called for an end to the campaign of violence in order to pave the way for a resumption of the peace process, but the militants have rejected his strategy.
29  When I rejected that as nonsense, he accused me of being touchy.
30  Though the ad writers came up with an original way to publicize the product, the head office rejected it for a more prosaic, ordinary slogan.