Denies
[di'naiz]
Examples
- We feared there must be something the matter, but he resolutely denies it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But the young lady denies that she was there at the time. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I believe it is suggested; but she denies it. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I am sure,' added Mr. Pickwick, glancing at her pretty face, 'he can have very little idea of the pleasure he denies himself. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Still later, the stern sky denies that it ever wore so benign a symbol of hope. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He denies absolutely the existence of innate faculties. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I should think it very likely that Mr. Bulstrode's denial is as good as the authority which told you what he denies. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They become dangerous to a nation when it denies them, thwarts them and represses them so long that they burst out and become dominant. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Sherman denies it on the part of his troops, and Hampton denies it on the part of the Confederates. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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