1. The task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs.

2. 22 His rude behaviour subjects him to frequent rebuffs.

3. The very architecture of the building rebuffs any attempt at hoopla.

4. Britt asks Lenore out, but she rebuffs him and instead invites Kato to dinner, making Britt jealous.

5. 24 Everyone wants to define this free spirit of music, and at every turn the 26-year-old DiFranco rebuffs.