Example Sentences

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The Navy did not specify the precise statement it was refuting.

From Fox News • Sep. 8, 2021

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 McCarthy, Justin

Alexa, at any rate, was refuting his theory as inconsiderately as a seedling defeats the gardener's expectations.

From The Touchstone by Wharton, Edith

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 Freud, Sigmund

The boy up aloft was refuting the statement.

From Joyce of the North Woods by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)