DENY in a Sentence
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220 example sentences for DENY, such as:
1. Better deny at once than promise long.
2. He had the hardihood to deny the fact.
3. I don't deny that it is smartly written.
4. No one can deny the fact that fire burns.
5. They were denied access to the information.
2. He had the hardihood to deny the fact.
3. I don't deny that it is smartly written.
4. No one can deny the fact that fire burns.
5. They were denied access to the information.
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Meanings and Examples of DENY
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deny
v. refuse to let have
v. deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
Classic Sentence: (155 in 11 pages)
1 I don't deny that it is smartly written.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2 Snowball did not deny that to build it would be a difficult business.
3 You couldn't very well deny him, poor fellow.
4 I may not deny," said the Prior, crossing himself, "that such things have been, and have been of Heaven; but then such communications have had a visibly useful scope and tendency.
5 I may not deny what thou hast challenged," said the Grand Master, "provided the maiden accepts thee as her champion.
6 It's the factory-owner's ideal in a nut-shell; except that he would deny that the driving power was hate.
7 'I deny that Bolshevism is logical, it rejects the major part of the premisses,' said Hammond.
8 I shall not welcome your sister, but I shall not deny her the door.
9 She could not deny it, but said it was not very bad.
10 'Not I,' said Monks, turning away his eyes and beating his foot upon the ground, as a man who is determined to deny everything.
11 She was assisted, however, by that perfect indifference and apparent unconsciousness, among the only three of her own friends in the secret of the past, which seemed almost to deny any recollection of it.
12 When Mortimer told me your name he could not deny your identity.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
13 He did not attempt to deny that he had acted as described upon the evening before, but declared that he had no sinister designs, and had simply wished to obtain first-hand information.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
14 He could not deny the justice of my request, so with a rather rueful face he went off to his bedroom, from which he returned presently pulling a large tin box behind him.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
15 The servants deny having seen it before, but among the numerous curiosities in the house it is possible that it may have been overlooked.
Example Sentence: (65 in 5 pages)
1 The White House was swift to deny the rumours.
2 Better deny at once than promise long.
3 Both deny conspiring to cause actual bodily harm.
4 The spokesman refused either to confirm or deny the reports.
5 No one can deny the fact that fire burns.
6 He had the hardihood to deny the fact.
7 Those who deny freedom to others hardly deserve it for themselves.
8 His words to the press were deliberately equivocal - he didn't deny the reports but neither did he confirm them.
9 It's only too easy for them to deny responsibility.
10 If anyone accuses me I shall simply deny it.
11 What I do deny is that we have been inconsistent with respect to our view of the Constitution
12 The inquisitors used both physical and psychological coercion to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.
13 And these dreams weigh on your spirits now, Jane, when I am close to you? Little nervous subject! Forget visionary woe, and think only of real happiness! You say you love me, Janet: yes -- I will not forget that; and you cannot deny it.
14 Access to the information was denied to them.
15 They were denied access to the information.