gainsay

Example Sentences

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Since June, it’s been harder to gainsay him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

As an Episcopal priest, I’d be the last person to gainsay the importance of prayer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2022

Yet far be it from me to gainsay the delight that many viewers take in “The Princess Bride.”

From The New Yorker • Sep. 20, 2019

Although the movie doesn’t really position Jackson as a has-been, it also doesn’t forcefully gainsay the notion that the best thing he can do for Ally is get out of her way.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2018

He spoke with an earnestness that it was hard to gainsay.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie