How to Use denial in a Sentence

denial

noun

• She issued a flat denial of the charges made against her.
• The hardest part of the punishment was the denial of his right to see his children.
• The group is protesting the denial of voting rights to convicted felons.
• The lawyers were disappointed by the court's denial of their motion to dismiss the case.
• The accusations have met with angry denials from school officials.
• The city government has been heavily criticized for its denial of the seriousness of the situation.
• Indulge in denial or try to make peace with an uncaring cosmos?
  — Time, 7 Oct. 2022
• Of course, Hildy — who has been losing clients to a former protege — is the one who’s in denial.
  — Pat Padua, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
• The rest of the commission agreed and voted 4-0 for denial.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
• For some, chastity devices involve orgasm denial for the duration of the month.
  — Mikelle Street, Them, 9 Oct. 2024
• Alas, climate denial campaigns led by fossil fuel companies robbed us of that option.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
• But Willis’ manager issued a strong denial of the story, saying that Willis had not sold rights to his face or image.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2022
• The denial is the latest in a series of developments involving Biden’s records.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2022
• There wasn’t widespread election denial back in 2018, while Trump was president.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 10 Oct. 2022
• The mogul has maintained his innocence behind all charges against him and is currently appealing the denial of his request for release on bond.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 Oct. 2024
• One other thing is always included in the ritual serving of a Trump book: the pro forma statement of denial from his camp that any iota of what’s in them is true.
  — Bill Carter, CNN, 30 Sep. 2022
• Aya Cash is still in denial about the end of You're the Worst.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 1 May 2019
• With the denial, the judge set a trial to start on Oct. 28.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2024
• So how does the Greek Freak's denial stack up against the best ever?
  — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 15 July 2021
• The response is to just deepen the denial and dig in all the harder.
  — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2018
• The court did not issue opinions in any of the three denials.
  — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• But election denial doesn't have to be seen as a means to an end.
  — NBC News, 13 Nov. 2022
• This may be the most outright denial that fans will get.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 July 2022
• Some are already there, but many more have their heads deep in the sands of denial.
  — Sara Zeff Geber, Forbes, 20 May 2021
• So your brother-in-law has the hots for you, and your husband is in denial.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2023
• The denial of the permit request was appealed to the Quorum Court.
  — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 22 Sep. 2023
• Yet for millions of people around the world, that denial wasn’t clear enough.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2023
• And the only way to appeal a denial is to sue for records in court, which can be costly.
  — al, 16 Sep. 2020
• The other denials have gained no credence in the media.
  — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 8 July 2018
• The former could lead to a claim denial, the latter to being charged with one or more crimes.
  — Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024