Sentence examples for seeking to refute from inspiring English sources

The administration was seeking to refute the notion that he was treated differently from any other terrorism suspects since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Seeking to refute that account, Mr. Tofel quotes the author of the school's official history as saying it is "wishful thinking at best".

He said that the Roman Catholic Church's likely response would be to "affirm the canonical texts" in the New Testament, rather than seeking to refute each new discovery.

A12 The Iraqi government gave a tour of buildings it said were used for peaceful research, seeking to refute United Nations inspectors' claims that the country is rebuilding sites linked to Mr. Hussein's nuclear efforts.

Merkel devoted much of her speech to an item-by-item rundown of areas where the U.S. and Europe disagree, seeking to refute the Trump administration position on each one.

Seeking to refute allegations that an undercover police officer had thrown a Molotov cocktail at a demonstration last week in Rio de Janeiro, sparking violent clashes, the city's military police force released slow-motion video of the masked bomb thrower, the newspaper O Globo reported Friday.

I find these turgid tomes no more convincing than the ones that they seek to refute.

Buller does not seek to refute the entirety of evolutionary psychology by finding a single magic bullet.

For instance, Mr. Sullivan seeks to refute the popular notion that the singer had troubling relationships with young boys.

Many academics and journalists dismiss the legend as Soviet-era propaganda and have sought to refute it.

Loos developed his ideas in tandem with Ludwig Wittgenstein, the brilliant philosopher who sought to refute all philosophical systems.