deny
IPA: dɪnˈaɪ
verb
- (transitive) To disallow or reject.
- (transitive) To assert that something is not true.
- (ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
- To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
- (sports, transitive) To prevent from scoring.
- To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
- (obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).
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Examples of "deny" in Sentences
- What I deny is that it had anything to do with a ‘free market’.
- One thing no one can deny is how direspectful the media has been against clinton.
- What I deny is that either Ho Chi Minh or Che were any sense their moral equivalents.
- What I do deny is that we have been inconsistent with respect to our view of the Constitution.
- But one thing I can't deny is that Elena's interactions with the seven were highly entertaining.
- Meanwhile, Repugs time and again deny our heros aid and exploit the tragety every single chance they get.
- But whosoever shall deny me before men, _him will I also deny_ before my Father which is in heaven "(Ibid, 32, 33).
- Having supported the Clintons and lived through the Clinton years, I have no desire to listen to them blame, complain deny and lie again.
- "Had Congress wished to bar private employers from discriminating against debtors in their hiring decisions, it could have done so by adding the phrase 'deny employment' to [the law] when it amended [the law] in 1994 and again in 2005."
- One thing Hillary Clinton supporters can not deny is Obama's campaign has been much more disciplined and effective, has had no turn-over in key campaign ranks, has properly managed its finances, versus the circus that is Hillary Clinton's campaign, surprising considering her "experience" should have got her a better campaign staff.
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