controverting

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On the list for the class of 2013, three facts controverting my own early experience catch the eye: one demographic, one geographic, and one pedagogic.

From Salon • May 25, 2013

An individuality so tautly drawn between the twin Spanish columns of dignity and passion could never conform to the crude consequences of his own controverting eloquence.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was no controverting this opinion, so we continued our journey.

From Hurricane Hurry by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The summary of the London Journal seems to show that it was continually occupied in controverting the views and arguments of the Craftsman.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

But he appeared to be under a great pressure to go his way, his eyes controverting the sincerity of his words the while.

From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)