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- adjective Not having been
rebuffed .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She lay propped in bed, and Halsey sat beside her, unrebuffed, and held her hand while she talked.
The Circular Staircase Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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She lay propped in bed, and Halsey sat beside her, unrebuffed, and held her hand while she talked.
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"Oh, we're going there this morning," she rejoined, unrebuffed by what she probably took for a mere social awkwardness, while Mr.. Westmore interposed: "But, Maria, Mr. Truscomb is ill, and has sent Mr. Amherst to say that we are not to come."
The Fruit of the Tree Edith Wharton 1899
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"Excuse me, Lieutenant," interrupted the unrebuffed little Midshipman;
All Around the Moon Jules Verne 1866
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"Also," continued the Scot, quite unrebuffed, "it would be interesting to know what exactly ye mean when ye call yoursel 'a Bohemian.
The Nest Builder Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
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