refute
verb (used with object)
to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
was refuting
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past progressiveof refute.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The Navy did not specify the precise statement it was refuting.
From Fox News ● Sep. 8, 2021
The boy up aloft was refuting the statement.
From Joyce of the North Woods by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
Alexa, at any rate, was refuting his theory as inconsiderately as a seedling defeats the gardener's expectations.
From The Touchstone by Edith Wharton
I think that while I was refuting this supposition of yours, one of my remarks put you on the right track.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
He fully believed that he was refuting the pedants who believe in the inevitable action of the law of gravitation, when he talked of holding a stone in his hand.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy
