But, while straining his gaze eastwards, he experienced a sharp rebuff.

Henchard shut up her argument with a sharp rebuff.

But personally he meets a sharp rebuff.

The petition met with a sharp rebuff, and, as a punishment, three members were expelled from the Assembly for being Separatists.

To use a sharp rebuff;

Throughout the night he had intended to see Mr. Swancourt again, but the sharp rebuff of the previous evening rendered such an interview particularly distasteful.

Delegates were sent from Rome to interview the Lutheran princes and theologians, but only to meet everywhere with sharp rebuffs.