Mr. Straw said he "wholly rejected the comparison," which he called "grotesque and insensitive" and "at best, absurd."

Though he had now as yet wholly rejected the idea of ordination, he wished for a period of more diversified study before making that decision.

To some they appear as promiscuous, to others who wholly reject the impetus behind the practice look down on their profession.

Few of the artists in this small survey wholly rejected Modernism; mostly they toyed like mischievously inventive children with its givens and prohibitions.

Some critics have called the record cynical, which I wholly reject.

The Shadow considered the latter unlikely, but did not wholly reject it.

The court wholly rejected the claims.

John Calvin wholly rejected this interpretation.

Instead, they impose "despotic" visions we must either fully accept or wholly reject.

Overall, 248 claims from 125 MPs were either partly or wholly rejected, amounting to £15,352 out of the total expenses bill of £3.64m for the period.