How to Use refute in a Sentence

refute

verb

• The lawyer refuted the testimony of the witness.
• He refutes the notion that he's planning to retire soon.
• She refuted the allegations against her.
• Which does not refute this fact: The premise of Town Hall was brilliant.
  — Jack Fowler, National Review, 2 Sep. 2020
• In court documents, the scouts refute that idea as well.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• One way to approach this is to ask: What is Ghost World trying to refute?
  — Ling Ma, The Atlantic, 16 May 2022
• And both refute the popular claim that Sims thought the drugs were too unproven and might prove lethal.
  — Rosalind Bentley, ajc, 20 Feb. 2022
• The Audit Guys also used the cast-vote record to refute that attack.
  — Steven Rosenfeld, The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2022
• Trying to refute these claims is like playing whack-a-mole.
  — Steven Salzberg, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
• Or perhaps the goader will attempt to refute the claims that life has value.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 July 2022
• And then step down and help your nemesis step up and refute your argument.
  — Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 4 July 2022
• While Twitter was eager to refute Trump's claims, the reason for Trump's egregious lie might be the best part.
  — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 30 Dec. 2020
• The justices may duck this argument but cannot refute it.
  — The Editors, National Review, 22 July 2021
• The players said the effort to refute that premise in general, though, began with the start of bowl practice.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2021
• In 2019, he was forced to refute claims that his doctorate was bogus.
  — Jerry Harmer, Star Tribune, 5 May 2021
• OpenAI refuted the claim but pledged to change the sound anyway out of respect for her wishes.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 June 2024
• The Arizona Secretary of State has refuted the video’s claim.
  — Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• But our study, using the largest research cohort of Latinos in the United States, seems to refute the paradox.
  — Olveen Carrasquillo, The Conversation, 8 June 2022
• In a new interview, Vassos refutes Stewart’s claim that the show doesn’t have hot guys.
  — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
• Fluctuations in the weather don’t refute clear long-term trends in the climate.
  — Jeremy P. Shapiro, The Conversation, 2 May 2023
• Baldwin did not refute this point but clarified that the scene was meant to end with him cocking the gun while pointing it just to the side of the camera.
  — Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2021
• Markle only brought it up to highlight the fact that what was reported in the tabloids was not correct, and the palace didn’t do anything to refute it.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2021
• But to explain this argument is to refute it, because that isn’t what the gay couple would want from Ms. Smith.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
• But none of the reporting has been refuted, even by its targets.
  — The Editors, National Review, 27 Sep. 2023
• The Backstreet Boys singer’s reps have refuted Schuman’s claims.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
• The goal was to refute a defense expert who said moving an iPhone causes its backlight to come on.
  — CBS News, 28 Feb. 2023
• Tokata then posts a video a few days later to refute claims that Tokata did not author the statement.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022
• Some believe Sarandos thinks that viewers get bored and tune out after that many episodes, though those close to him refute this.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 June 2022
• There have been reports that Russian troops now have access to Starlink satellites, though Musk has refuted the reports.
  — Jenn Brice, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
• Often challengers level a different allegation, one that is easy to make and can take much longer to refute: that a signature on the petition isn’t genuine.
  — Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024