denial

Example Sentences

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If Southampton are found guilty - and they have not issued any kind of denial - then all options are on the table for the independent disciplinary commission.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

When the doctor tells him, “Sire, you are incurable,” he reacts with the same denial that has allowed him to ignore the destruction that has occurred under his negligent leadership.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Le Pen has long sought to make the party she inherited from her father Jean-Marie more palatable, including by distancing it from the antisemitic legacy of a man convicted for Holocaust denial.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Without spoiling whether they find it by the time the show concluded in 2009, let’s say that our too-prevalent denial of climate change’s existence lends a grim accuracy to a late series twist.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

And there was something cowardly in his not telling Kosi again that he wanted a divorce, in his leaning back into the ease of Kosi’s denial.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie