How to Use argue in a Sentence
argue
verb- She argued against the proposed law.
- No one can argue me out of doing this.
- He's always willing to argue for what is right.
- He argued that it's far too early to make a decision.
- She argued that the proposed law should be defeated.
- She would argue with anyone.
- The senator argued in favor of lowering taxes.
- They started arguing about politics.
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Jack’s response, rather than to argue with his bride, is to marry her on the spot.
— Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 5 Feb. 2023 -
This time, Reid decided to not argue with his quarterback.
— Joe Drape, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023 -
Saban argued against three-loss teams being rewarded by making it to the playoff.
— Chantz Martin, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024 -
Because there’s absolutely no way to argue that increasing this tax would reduce job creation.
— Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 8 Feb. 2023 -
Some argue that writings by LLMs therefore have no meaning, only the appearance of it.
— Seth Perlow, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2023 -
Some researchers even argue that trees are cooperating, with older trees passing resources to seedlings and nurturing them as a parent might.
— Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2023 -
Recently, researchers used the Euclidean approach to argue that information leaks out of dying black holes.
— Quanta Magazine, 6 Feb. 2023 -
Critics argued the ban is too draconian and that lawmakers have failed to consider the positive traits of social media.
— Filip Timotija, The Hill, 28 Nov. 2024 -
While the Garlic Festival is not run by the city of Gilroy, Bozzo has argued that the city can play a role in easing its return.
— Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2024 -
First, some people might argue that the proposal is not psychologically possible.
— John Danaher, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2023 -
Freeze argued that Koehl tried to leave, but Breen didn’t allow it.
— David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023 -
All of which sounds hard to argue with, no matter how many times a cat has shredded your draperies.
— Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 21 Feb. 2023 -
The Heat would argue, though, Rozier hasn’t taken enough shots.
— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024 -
Ever since, the right wing of the Catholic Church has argued that the Dodgers’ stance is something all good Christian soldiers must fight.
— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023 -
Some have argued the world should have paid more attention to Ogoina’s findings from 2017.
— Byjon Cohen, science.org, 16 Aug. 2024 -
This is not to argue that Brown should, or will, divest from these companies.
— Scott Warren, TIME, 3 May 2024 -
The man can be seen arguing with the mob while officers try to keep the groups separated.
— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2023 -
The lawmakers argued that the same law should apply to the software companies.
— Julie Zauzmer Weil, Washington Post, 12 July 2023 -
Some argue that the pandemic killed the demand for services and spiked the demand for goods as people could not leave their homes.
— Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023 -
Some argue that a status vote is a waste of time because Congress will never act.
— Christina D. Ponsa-Kraus / Made By History, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024 -
The archdiocese argued that Holzman and others did not have the right to sell the nunnery, however.
— Chloe Berger, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023 -
The ruling allowed Kizer to argue she was justified in the killing.
— Amy Simonson, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024
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