deny
verb (used with object)
to state that (something declared or believed to be true) is not true.
has been denying
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present perfect progressiveof deny (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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And most recently, she has been denying knowledge of the Access Hollywood tape.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2020
Janet realizes that she has been denying her impulses as a writer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since 1938 she has been denying charges that the group of influential Britons who once gathered at her husband's old estate, Cliveden, were pro-Nazi.
From Time Magazine Archive
Britain's good grey BBC, stiffly challenged by commercial TV, has been denying for months that it plans to cater to anything so vulgar as popular taste.
From Time Magazine Archive
"He isn't well, and has been denying himself to all callers to-day," said Rollins, shortly.
From From the Ranks by Charles King
