Example Sentences

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He soon disabused them of such a notion.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

The Gulf states, we’re told, have been disabused of trusting the U.S., which has its own interests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

But he was quickly disabused of any hope that his prophesies of financial doom would sway opponents.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

I didn’t want them to be disabused of that.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

He’d ridden into their cities mounted on a spectral, after all, and most of them assumed he was from Weep—at least, until Thyon Nero disabused them of that notion.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor