'We can't drop any more stitches now, Dan,' I said, trying to soften my apparent rejection.

He cited as proof Iran's apparent rejection of direct talks with Iraqi representatives.

His justification for this apparent rejection was not theoretical at all: it was based on what he claimed was the 'abundant evidence of experience'.

Their distress over this apparent rejection was interesting to me.

His apparent rejection of her seems like the rejection of all mankind.

There was something both perverse and brazen - so it was said - about his apparent rejection of his past.

Despite his apparent rejection of eugenics, Pearl maintained relatively good relations with key eugenicists and expressed classist views.

Angered by this apparent rejection, Callie runs from the center and suddenly disappears, thus detouring the original plan of eventually returning the children to her.

Further, there is sometimes an apparent rejection of utilitarian theories of deterrence as a basis for eliminating any cause of crime.

Lear was always to suffer from this apparent rejection.