Sentence examples for an outdated myth from inspiring English sources

This is an outdated myth and simply wrong.

The romantic idea of the maths genius as a solitary thinker is an outdated myth.

If there were a corner of Virginia ready to do battle over whether the American family is an outdated myth, this would be it.

The one-page rule is an outdated myth.

This is an old guard defending an outdated national myth, but they represent a powerful force — some journalists have likened them to the 300 Spartans holding out at Thermopylae.

The report by the social scientist Catherine Hakim says that international surveys have demonstrated a large gap in sexual desire between men and women which "cannot be dismissed as an outdated patriarchal myth as argued by some feminists".

"It's time we finally made Social Security more generous, and increased its benefits so that today's retirees and future generations get the dignified retirement that they've earned," he said in Elkhart, Ind. Obama perpetuates the popular but outdated myth that, by and large, the elderly are a poor, needy group.

That outdated myth was immortalized by Sylvester Stallone in the first "Rocky" movie when he was partly blinded by a swollen eye and ordered his corner man, "Cut me, Mick!" Under today's state-sanctioned guidelines, cut men use Q-Tips and sterilized gauze pads.

The time has come to change the narrative of how we talk about entrepreneurs in America, to break down the stereotypes and to disrupt the outdated myths of what an entrepreneur can look like, or where they come from.

Tangible evidence should dispel outdated myths for some, but a bus tour is certainly not going to be enough.

If such an extensive, wide-ranging celebration of female creators doesn't debunk outdated myths, it's hard to fathom what will.