Sentence examples for denial to think from inspiring English sources

But it is an act of denial to think that he won only with them: there are not enough of them for that.

Because by now, it requires supernatural powers of denial to think Armstrong, a seven-time Tour de France champion, could conquer the most drug-soaked sport of them all by being the only clean one.

When Frey presents Parker's agent as "incredibly smart, incredibly savvy, incredibly smooth, incredibly successful and incredibly rich," it's possible — if one is used to being demeaned and has grown practiced in denial — to think that Frey is being bad on purpose; that he's reproducing others' mental impoverishment rather than exhibiting his own.

In other words, if Apple is living in denial, investors seem to think it can afford to stay there indefinitely.

But his persistent denials are leading some to think that he really does mean what he says.

The current attitude to future attacks seems to be nervous denial: people do not want to think about it.

January is meant to be a time for restriction rather than indulgence – but I can't begin to think about denial when it is freezing.

The first postulate concerns our supposed natural disposition to think; the denial of this is what necessitates our being forced to think.

"We've got eight kids here – to think of the denial of their lives is beyond comprehension," he told Guardian Australia.

But in recent months western governments have started to think again, since the denial of assistance hits only Burma's poorest.

…for a long time I was just, well, in denial I think, "oh no, I'll be alright, I'll be alright… 6M But when they (thoughts/feelings associated with major PE) come to the surface, well I have puzzles and things which I do to block it out…I don't want to think about it so my puzzles are one way of avoiding thinking about it for me.