Sentence examples for were debunked from inspiring English sources
verb
To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
- Sailing round the world debunked the theory that the earth was flat.
(His exaggerated boasts about his criminal background were debunked, at length, this year by the Web site TheSmokingGun.com).
A few myths were debunked here, not least the frequency with which an All Black shivers like any mortal when the opposition invades his space.
These and other follies, the received wisdom of centuries, were debunked in a brief but startling burst of scientific creativity lasting from about 1665 to 1680.
All were gone by March 1959 except for Walter Williams, whose claimed age (117) and military service were debunked by newspapers later that year; he died in December.
The "coaching" and parental manipulation allegations were debunked in a myriad of investigations from GAO, HHS IG, SSA and others, yet the hyped and erroneous media reports had done their damage in major cutbacks in the program in 1996.
(Audi) Patrick Pélata, the former chief operating officer of Renault-Nissan who resigned that position after accusations of espionage leveled against three company executives in 2011 were debunked, told Bloomberg he would leave the company, expressing professional dissatisfaction.
Nevertheless, Hatfield was debunked.
The Great Leader was debunked.
That rule of thumb has been debunked.
The conservatives' conspiracy theory was debunked.
By the end, some longstanding theories have been debunked.
