spurn

• I should guess it was their terrors mainly, and over-readiness to reckon Friedrich a sinking ship; and to leap from the deck of him, --with a spurn which he took for insolent! —  History of Friedrich II of Prussia
• He said that rather than spurn isolationist tendencies, the global crisis calls for more robust partnership between Africa and its development partners. —  AllAfrica News: Latest
• I decline the honour of the alliance which you have proposed; and I trust that, under these circumstances, you will see the propriety of discontinuing your visits to my house For nearly a full minute Alvaros glared at Don Hermoso, as though he could scarcely believe that he had heard aright, could scarcely credit the fact that a "rascally Cuban", as he mentally termed Montijo, had had the unparalleled, the unspeakable audacity to spurn--ay, spurn was the correct word--an alliance with him, Don Sebastian Alvaros, Captain in the army of His Majesty the King of Spain! —  The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection
• See 1 King Henry IV._, Act I. sc. i 65.2: 'spurn' = kick(? —  Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series
• "We are poor but honest, and we spurn--don't we, Pee-wee Sure we do," agreed Pee-wee Poverty is no disgrace," said Roy dramatically The man, though not overburdened with a sense of humor, could not help smiling at Roy and he went away laughing, but scarcely crediting their purpose to venture into the den of "Old Man Stanton." —  Tom Slade at Temple Camp

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