Past tense of spurn
regular verb
The past tense of spurn is spurned. The past participle is also spurned.
Forms of spurn
| Base form (V1) | spurn /spɜːn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | spurned |
| Past participle (V3) | spurned |
| Present participle | spurning |
| Third person singular | spurns |
Spurned in a sentence
- Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal.2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport
- Deponent further says that he spurned the offer and turned and left the room, when he was accosted by Mr.1912 June 27, T. J. Culpepper, quotee, Congressional Record: Containing the Proceedings and Debates of the Sixty-Second Congress, Second…. From the entry damnder
- I wondered if I had done a wise thing, staying with those few Outer Bankers who spurned the National Weather Service's advice to evacuate.1987 October, Charles E. Cobb, Jr., “North Carolina's Outer Banks”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 490. From the entry Outer Banker
- Jordan Henderson had a shot saved and other chances were spurned as England fashioned some magnificent approach play only to fail to apply the final flourish.2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2019. From the entry approach play
- Read to eat his breakfast, he found to his surprise that his breakfast mate was the young woman who had spurned his once-over glance the day before.1995, James C[alhoun] Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: A Treasury of More Than 900 Quotations and Anecdotes, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry breakfast mate
Meaning of spurn
- verb To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
- verb To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.
- verb To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity).
Questions about the past tense of spurn
- What is the past tense of spurn?
- The past tense of spurn is spurned.
- What is the past participle of spurn?
- The past participle of spurn is spurned.
- Is spurn a regular or irregular verb?
- Spurn is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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