| The more rebarbative influence of O'Casey is tempered by the gentler one of Synge. |
| That is why, come what may, we must protect the interests of the general public against the greed and unreason of rebarbative witlings. |
| Some of the author's strategies for outwitting this rebarbative terrain are well practised and well documented. |
| Wanting the approval and affection of her teacher, she is baffled by his alternately affectionate and rebarbative behaviour. |
| As Thomas's pained gait and brittle limbs signal a physical deterioration, put-on sibling chitchat quickly turns to rebarbative bickering. |
| The person who brings this out in most women is that television presenter who had the mean little whiney, rebarbative jibes that suited her well. |
