Sentence examples for replying in the negative from inspiring English sources

The implication of their answers seemed to be, "Yeah, so what?" In fact, the defensive answers tended to come from those replying in the negative.

He always replied in the negative.

Again, Patrick replies in the negative: No. Todd only told us what was noteworthy to him.

He replies in the negative, and embarks on an illustrative anecdote.

When interviewers asked O'Keeffe whether her allusions to sexual anatomy were deliberate, she invariably replied in the negative.

When asked before the draw if there would be any players Williams should be wary of, her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, quickly replied in the negative.

TSN's Darren Pang, who is also a Coyotes TV color man, asked Gretzky if he was interested in the Leafs job, and Gretzky replied in the negative.

Asked once if he had ever read the book I am Always Right by the Dutch author Willem Frederik Hermans, Van Gaal replied in the negative.

The police officer allegedly asked his friend, "Are you affiliated with the MCB?" When the friend replied in the negative, the police officer is alleged to have advised him to affiliate before they could work together.

This pattern was reflected in questions about whether teachers felt trusted by the government to get on with their jobs: 71% of the pool of 804 teachers in England and Wales replied in the negative.

In a "me too" frenzy to have the same non-story on its pages, the Toronto Star e-mailed Gretzky last night to ask if he was interested in the Leaf job, and — surprise, surprise — he replied in the negative.