Sentence examples for for contradicting from inspiring English sources
In seventh grade, he got into trouble for contradicting his teacher.
Mr. Romney wasted little time in criticizing the vice president for contradicting testimony about security concerns in Libya.
UK In October 2009 the UK's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt, was sacked for contradicting government advice on the harm caused by certain drugs.
Similarly, "nay" was used to respond to positive statements or questions, while "no" was reserved for contradicting anything phrased in the negative: Is the Tabard open?
The Vatican condemned Galileo for contradicting church teaching, which held at the time that the Earth, not the sun, was the centre of the universe.
Instead, the initiative has been vilified for contradicting France's protective family and privacy laws and for stirring up memories of the ugliest period of modern French history, the collaborationist Vichy government during the Nazi occupation.
This would be helpful in a clinical setting when considering multiple treatment options for a patient in the context of, for example, contradicting diagnostic results from various tests.
He also signs autographs for money, contradicting his longstanding resistance to provide his signature for nothing.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg blasted the treaty for "blatantly" contradicting international law and Russia's international commitments.
In this vision of the Parousia (Revelation 13:10), Christ wears a radically different face, complementing (or, for some, contradicting) the meek and mild one of the first coming.
(3.27) There is clearly a singularity at (p=1/w) such that (varLambda u,p <0) for (p>1/w), contradicting the requirement that the eigenfunction (R_{n}^{(0)}) is positive.
