Sentence examples for denying a problem from inspiring English sources

As any member of Alcoholics Anonymous knows, denying a problem doesn't make it go away.

Eventually, in September 2015, after months of ignoring or denying a problem existed, state officials began to acknowledge that lead contamination in the city's water was a danger to residents.

Some Pakistani officers denied a problem existed at all.

WHEN even the president of Pakistan chides a group of Britons for its hidebound attitudes to women, it becomes hard to deny a problem exists.

They perpetuate the deeply dangerous view that drinking and motherhood are a perfectly acceptable mix, and make it easier to deny a problem that the drinker is often the last person to recognize.

The three levels of bureaucratic self-defense are to deny a problem exists; admit that it exists but say it's confined to a few rogue individuals; or admit to systemic troubles, create a commission, and then claim that reforms have completely eliminated the problem.

You can't deny a problem when it's written in scars on this young man's arm.

To cope with their psychological distress people responded that their first most important coping strategy was 'turning their head' (a local term meaning to deny a problem exists) (C: 123, 48.1%, I: 131, 46.3%).

Subjective memory complaint agreed poorly with objective cognitive deficit (39% denying a memory problem had AMTS < 9 (kappa = 0.134, P = 0.086)) as did informant report (kappa = 0.18, P = 0.15).

It is time for this society to stop putting its energy into denying a very real problem.

TMZ reports that Bynes is denying a substance abuse problem and any mental health issues, and claims that her driving charges are being blown way out of proportion.