Sentence examples for overturn the notion from inspiring English sources

All these run-ins seem to overturn the notion that geese are more afraid of us than we are of them.

In Ways of Thinking, the author Naomi Alderman looked at the business of coding and did her utmost to overturn the notion that it was the preserve of clever people.

The discovery of marine creatures living around geothermally heated water that gushed from cracks in the seabed overturned the notion that sunlight sustained all life on Earth.

In other words, America must expect to fight protracted, enervating counter-insurgency wars that offer no clear-cut victories and risk the prospect of humiliation.A new manual on counter-insurgency co-authored by the man now in charge of the war in Iraq, General David Petraeus, overturns the notion that America doesn't "do nation-building".

There's been a lot of talk about reconciliation over the years (never mind the absence of initial conciliation), lots of national gesturing, a high court judgment overturning the notion of terra nullius (to which too many in public life, apparently, still adhere).

Although this overturns the notion that new neurons do not arise in the human brain, the practical significance is unclear.

The technology introduced herein provides a novel approach for 3D porous material manufacturing and overturns the notion that vapor deposition necessarily forms dense thin films on substrates.

He found that charged atoms or ions were needed as nuclei for the condensation of water droplets, overturning the notion that droplets formed around dust particles.

Fourteen years later Pioneer is overturning the notion that criminals can't be reintegrated into society — not by giving them handouts but by putting them to work.

The finding, published online today in Nature, overturns the notion that this repetitive, non-coding DNA, popularly called "junk" DNA, is necessary for life.

President Clark said part of his challenge now would be to overturn the "romantic notion" some students apparently hold of underground fraternities.