Coventry City dismissed claims that an approach was made and that any approach would be "firmly rebuffed".

He was firmly rebuffed.

He lost, firmly rebuffed for his brashness by fellow Republicans.

Firmly rebuffed, he then turned to individual Maori who were prepared to accept payment.

Advocates of drug policy reform were firmly rebuffed, after several years of winning initiatives around the country.

Francisco had firmly rebuffed Raimon's attempts at opening a discussion.

The United States and Britain have firmly rebuffed the call to negotiate.

Attempts by some commentators to attribute subsequent political instability directly to climate change have been firmly rebuffed.

Another tells of how a man's attempt to seduce a woman whose husband was at the crusades is firmly rebuffed.

But the Soviet bloc also insisted that an agreement be broadened to include aircraft and troops, a demand firmly rebuffed by the West.