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verb

deny

CEFR B1

declare untrue; contradict

In a sentence

Six example sentences with deny, each labelled with its topic.

  • The mayor's office issued a statement to deny the report that the bridge inspection had been skipped twice.

    Politics

  • The lab did not deny the anomaly; it published the raw counts and invited three other groups to check.

    Science

  • The studio denied every rumor about a sequel, then announced one at the convention six weeks later.

    Movies

  • On the stand the accountant continued to deny that the second ledger existed, even after the prosecutor held it up.

    Law

  • The point guard denied the trade rumor to reporters, insisting he had not spoken to any other team.

    Basketball

  • The founder denied that the app collected location data, and a week later the privacy audit proved her right.

    Startups

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