GAINSAY in a Sentence
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Example sentences for GAINSAY, such as:
1. She was too honest to gainsay the truth of the report.
2. But no man ventured directly to gainsay a pledge filled to the health of the reigning monarch.
3. There was no gainsaying this difficulty, and we relinquished all thoughts of pursuing Orlick at that time.
2. But no man ventured directly to gainsay a pledge filled to the health of the reigning monarch.
3. There was no gainsaying this difficulty, and we relinquished all thoughts of pursuing Orlick at that time.
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Meanings and Examples of GAINSAY
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gainsay
v. take exception to
Classic Sentence:
1 They all held their peace till at last Agelaus son of Damastor said, "No one should take offence at what has just been said, nor gainsay it, for it is quite reasonable."
2 But no man ventured directly to gainsay a pledge filled to the health of the reigning monarch.
3 But not all the past South, though it rose from the dead, can gainsay the heart-touching witness of these songs.
4 There was no gainsaying this difficulty, and we relinquished all thoughts of pursuing Orlick at that time.
Example Sentence:
1 She was too honest to gainsay the truth of the report.