Contradicting
[,kɔntrə'diktɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contradict
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Examples
- I have been quite uneasy since, as you know I do not wish to pain you, yet I fear I shall be doing so now in contradicting what I seemed to say then. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In this way he learned new laws of flight, contradicting many theories of the scientists, and opening a new world of speculation. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The coachman looked back and the guard looked back, and even the emphatic leader pricked up his ears and looked back, without contradicting. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- What is the use of your contradicting? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Her set purpose of contradicting Miss Abbey point blank, was so far from offending that dread authority, as to elicit a gracious smile. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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