Spurned
[spɜ:nd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Spurn
Typed by Levi
Examples
- I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Phaidor has glorified you with her love, and you have spurned her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The young girl spoke in high and enthusiastic terms of her mother, who, born in freedom spurned the bondage to which she was now reduced. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Though life its common gifts deny,-- Though, with a crushed and bleeding heart, And spurned of man, he goes to die! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- At Lowood, indeed, I took that resolution, kept it, and succeeded in pleasing; but with Mrs. Reed, I remember my best was always spurned with scorn. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They were for ever ardent and craving; still I desired love and fellowship, and I was still spurned. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Emanuel's feet, or confidingly put it into his hands, that he spurned the trust or repulsed the repository. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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