contrary to fact
Example Sentences
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Of the 120 million citizens of the I those who see these words will nearly all believe them to be flatly contrary to fact, will promptly forget them.
From Time Magazine Archive
It rejected the State Department's accusations on the grounds that they were "unfounded and contrary to fact."
From Time Magazine Archive
Not all //statements fall into this category, only those that are undeniably contrary to fact.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
That any partial fusion of originally distinct chitinous plates takes place in the cephalic shield of Trilobites, comparable to the partial fusion of bony pieces by suture in Vertebrata, is a suggestion contrary to fact.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
But when the sense of the statement shows uncertainty in the speaker's mind, or shows that the condition stated is regarded as contrary to fact or as untrue, the subjunctive is used.
From Practical Grammar and Composition by Thomas Wood
