Object

• chance: However, an injury in October spurned any chances of a move to a bigger league in the January transfer window.

• lover: A couple of unhappy wives are tempted to infidelity, a spurned lover tries to kill himself, a famous writer disappoints a fan.

• opening: Wales had their openings to mark this March 1 occasion with a morale-boosting win, notably Craig Bellamy, who spurned two great openings.

• opportunity: The Blair government had also spurned a golden opportunity for reform at home, he said.

• couple: Against that we spurned a couple of one and ones which would have made the scoreline more convincing.

• offer: But Pachachi, who is based in Abu Dhabi and also spends time in London, spurned the offer.

Adjective complement

• West: Reuters ( Pakistan spurns West, matches India test, 14 April ) reported that the distance of the test-flight was 937 miles.

Modifying Another Word

• then: United then ought to have secured the spoils as a glorious chance was created and then spurned.

• not: Schoolmasters, do not spurn her either, nor cheat her of your earnings: she will bring you new students.

• also: The Blair government had also spurned a golden opportunity for reform at home, he said.

• still: Industry is still spurned by the young - or is it by the parents of the young?

• again: These two affluent cities, which regularly used to send Conservative MPs to Westminster, again spurned the Tories at May's local elections.

• even: Some of these even spurn from them the idea of any one having full Assurance, branding the idea as Presumption.

Used with why or when

• what: Strange then, that Londoners prefer to spurn what is a superior machine, seduced instead by the retro charms of the Vespa.

Preposition: in

• love: They may have been spurned in love or are simply just mad as a hatter and mercury minded.

Preposition: by

• everyone: Redeem what I've in pawn, Welcomed gladly, and spurned by everyone.