How to Use contradict in a Sentence

contradict

verb
  • He contradicted the charges of his critics.
  • The mayor's actions in office contradicted the promises he made during the campaign.
  • My sister doesn't like being contradicted.
  • Mnuchin, though, did appear to contradict Trump in terms of the scope of the ZTE talks.
    Damian Paletta and David J. Lynch, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2018
  • As a result, some of the events in the second book contradict the events in the first. .
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2021
  • But then so are the other people (in the play) who contradict him.
    Andrew O’Hagan, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2021
  • By the time the credits roll, the movie has contradicted itself in the profoundest of ways.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
  • That opinion has not in the last two years been contradicted by any court.
    Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Yet time and time again, his own sources contradict such a statement.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
  • But there are a few points that contradict the picture.
    Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Claims like these don’t contradict your account or put your sister in the right.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Over the years, the government of Brazil has seemed to contradict itself on such questions.
    Monte Reel, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2022
  • But as Newport points out, Jobs’s own career contradicts the advice in the speech.
    Scott Galloway, TIME, 15 July 2024
  • As is often the case in these disputes, even the complaints seem to contradict each other.
    Nestor Ramos, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2018
  • Coach Kennedy’s own words contradict the idea that his act was private.
    Linda K. Wertheimer, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2022
  • Blake Pieroni is among Hoosiers trying to contradict that.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2021
  • Their bottom halves contradict their posh outfits — a sweater vest for Camila and a three-piece suit on the top for Matthew.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024
  • Court records in the document case contradict his claims.
    Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 18 Jan. 2023
  • That claim is contradicted by the video of his talk with detectives.
    David Ovalle, miamiherald, 5 June 2018
  • Now Humm was confronted with a set of goals that seem to contradict each other.
    WSJ, 3 May 2021
  • Salem hosts are not free to voice opinions that contradict the network’s pro-Trump stance.
    Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Later in his speech, Brooks seemed to contradict his election fraud case.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 24 Jan. 2021
  • That’s not the only move Iger has made that contradicts his previous stances.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2023
  • How will consumers trust you if your brand’s actions contradict its words, or if the effort comes across as forced?
    Philip Kushmaro, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • The report also said Rolle clenched his fists, which could not be confirmed or contradicted by the videos.
    Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • This contradicts the statements from others that this had nothing to do with the campaign.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 3 May 2018
  • Their bottom halves contradicted their posh outfits — a sweater vest for Camila and a three-piece suit on the top for Matthew.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024
  • The findings contradict a narrative that was a large part of the school's history.
    Paul Best, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2020
  • One of his early crimes, shown in flashback, appears to contradict that code.
    Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Some studies say yes, EDC exposure is a significant risk factor for poorer health outcomes, while other reports contradict that.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024

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