Denying

Examples

• He spoke like a man in earnest--there was no denying that. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He will be marquis some day, and there is no denying that she would make a good marchioness: she looks handsomer than ever in her mourning. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I wanted to see how you would come out of the trial, Trot; and you came out nobly--persevering, self-reliant, self-denying! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He laughed, I remember, and shrugged his shoulders, and said there was no use denying anything to a woman, for she would have her way. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• There is no denying that she was as pretty as they, and that she and the colours went very prettily together. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• There's no denying that 'ere,' said Mr. Weller, joining in the conversation, with an affable smile. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There is no denying it, he replied. Jane Austen. Emma.
• But this--there is no denying it--is simply impossible. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• You like to be master, there's no denying that; you must be first chop in heaven, else you won't like it much. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He laughed rather consciously; and though denying the sentiment, Emma was convinced that it had been so. Jane Austen. Emma.
• There was no denying that those brothers had penetration. Jane Austen. Emma.
• There's no denying that, Mr. Franklin. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It's of no use your denying it; it doesn't signify a bit whether you deny it or not; I've got a head upon my shoulders, and it ain't a baby's. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Well, Mr. Holmes, there is no use denying that there IS something on my mind. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• And again: it seemed no wrong to keep Raffles at a distance, but Mr. Bulstrode shrank from the direct falsehood of denying true statements. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Of course he had been loving Gerald all along, and all along denying it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The truth of this representation there was no denying. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Not in the riches of omnipotence is the chief glory of God; but in self-denying, suffering love! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Here's a man dead--there's no denying that--but, so far as I can see, no reason on earth why anyone should wish him harm. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I might have suspected other people of purposely denying themselves to me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• After the beginning of October, it is pointed out, the evidence before the Committee should keep him so busy explaining and denying that the country will not hear much Bull Moose doctrine. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I can imagine only one way of eluding this argument, which is by denying that uniformity of human actions, on which it is founded. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• If you cannot do without me, ma'am-- said Fanny, in a self-denying tone. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Yet he's like you, there's no denying. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There was no denying that the thing was a compliment to Mr Merdle, and was not a bad thing for Edmund if he liked it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It was put strongly; but there was no denying that it was put truly as well. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• There's no denying it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• At first this sounds like standing the world on its head, denying reason and morality, and exalting practice over righteousness. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• And does not the slave system, by denying the slave all legal right of testimony, make every individual owner an irresponsible despot? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Topsy now confessed to the gloves, but still persisted in denying the ribbon. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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