Sentence examples for and were contradicted from inspiring English sources

The ambassador proceed to make a series of assertions that defied logic and were contradicted by details emerging from Istanbul.

"Their inflammatory arguments defy reasonable explanation and were contradicted by the plain language of our legislation.

The officials spoke only on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly and were contradicting their superiors.

The lawyers also said the state crime lab's early DNA testing was erroneous and was contradicted by independent experts.

Arrangements whose woozy, watery steel guitar and synthesizer textures want to evoke voluptuous immersions in sun and surf sound diffuse and are contradicted by rigid, overly emphatic drums.

Cranham's Max and Lindsay's Lenny are visibly intoxicated by their own dream and are contradicted by the mischievous precision with which Jules states her contractual terms.

Little is established, either, about why women may be somewhat more likely to become devoid of desire as they get deeper into middle age — and even this tendency itself is far from proven and is contradicted by some data.

American claims that its subsidies for the production of corn ethanol were not playing a significant role in sharp increases in the price of food triggered an angry response during a closed-door meeting, and was contradicted by UN figures.

Bloom's study comes with serious limitations and is contradicted by a later Gallup report.

That suggestion — and the recent threats I have received — defies logic and is contradicted by the record.

This hypothesis is at odds with mainstream scientific opinion and is contradicted by major medical professional organizations.