deny
verb (used with object)
to state that (something declared or believed to be true) is not true.
are denying
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present progressiveof deny.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“I would say effectively we are denying people vaccines,” Cassidy said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
"They are denying there is a link between the infections and the hospital," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2024
The ability to replicate the very conduct you are denying having done is a magnificent way to show that you own the law.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2024
“Saying to biologists that they are denying biology is ludicrous,” says linguist David Adger of Queen Mary University of London, who signed the letter.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 17, 2023
"You are denying me what the most wretched criminal is taught to believe is his right—to know what he is accused of."
From The Quickening by E. M. Ashe
