Sentence examples for down arguments from inspiring English sources

Mr Krugman has just wasted precious column space knocking down arguments no one of consequence is making.

On "The Morning Ritual," it was barely light outside when Mr. Lewis began knocking down arguments that gun control laws should be tightened in response to the shooting.

Wait, isn't "bring-backery" just a facile term designed to shut down arguments with people you disagree with, instead of solving them in open debate like adults?

In a 39-page decision, Judge John G. Koeltl of United States District Court in Manhattan struck down arguments from opponents and said that the City Council acted within its constitutional authority in seeking to protect health and safety.

C. J. Chivers (NYT) MANHATTAN: JUDGE ALLOWS SPRAYING The city can continue to spray neighborhoods with pesticides in its battle against the spread of the West Nile virus, a federal judge ruled yesterday as he struck down arguments by environmentalists.

For example, he breaks down arguments into clear steps and offers taxonomies for complex issues, such as the relationship between science and religion (p. 116).

The "kicking down" argument implies that Muslims who believe that cartoons lampooning their prophet equal an attack on their faith are a homogenous group.

On top of that, I literally slept outside their offices, coming in week after week, hammering them down argument by argument".

Under PR, open debate between parties on fraught issues would be better than closing down argument behind the ruling party's cabinet doors.

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I know that's 9 words, but in this upside down argument, it's really 5 invented in 2001 with just 4 small one-time-only updates.