| To the world and to herself, she was a no-nonsense, practical woman who scoffed at indulgence and spurned luxury. |
| That way, when you've done the deed, your spurned lover can't burn your stuff in a fit of pique. |
| Following his spurned overture, he was drinking at a juke joint with Sonny Boy Williamson. |
| They have all spurned the government's five a day logo for fruit and vegetables. |
| The Scottish experience in the past half-century has been a patchwork of success, spurned opportunities and downright failure. |
| And in innumerable other minutes of the 90, they were carved apart by a Kilmarnock team who spurned so many opportunities it was barely credible. |
