spurn
verb (used with object)
to reject with disdain; scorn.
is spurning
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present progressiveof spurn (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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So it’s strange that Ms. Hochul is spurning data centers, which could generate thousands of jobs and more tax revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
That’s not to say the studio is spurning smartwatches altogether; Lovelady acknowledges that Minus-8 could eventually move in that direction.
From The Verge ● Nov. 28, 2014
Allen, however, is spurning all dates as he completes his newest movie, a drama about the 1950s Hollywood blacklists entitled The Front.
From Time Magazine Archive
But cruel Fate my hopes is spurning, And winds blow against my sail; While out Death my life is burning, I'm still floating with the gale!
From The Sylvan Cabin A Centenary Ode on the Birth of Lincoln and Other Verse by Edward Smyth Jones
How my heart in its terror is spurning my breast, And my eyes, like the wheels of a chariot, roll round!
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
