spurns
- present tense form of spurn (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Spurns charge of church favoritism made by Klan official.
From Time Magazine Archive
No traitor I!—My loyal heart Spurns with disdain so base a part!
From Poems by Morris, George Pope
Fierce on the hunter's quiver'd band He rolls his eyes of swarthy glow, Spurns, with black hoof and horn, the sand, And tosses high his mane of snow.
From Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series) by Hutton, Richard Holt
With kind enthusiasms then ecstatic grown, It takes unusual flights, sublimely soars, Spurns the dull globe below, and endless worlds explores.
From Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness by Samber, Robert
Where, by Agastya's high decree, Mahendra,704 planted in the sea, With tinted peaks against the tide Rises in solitary pride, And glorious in his golden glow Spurns back the waves that beat below.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
