How To Use Refute In A Sentence

Friends pointed to his comments at the weekend in which he refuted claims that he had sold his yacht. Times, Sunday Times
However, subsequent excavations at Maiden Castle, Arikamedu and Charsadda have inevitably caused many of his fundamental assumptions to be refuted.
Needless to say this evidence was used to refute the view that the gospel narratives are irresponsible fabrications.
I must be able to refute these rumours point by point. Wives and Daughters
Oxfam refutes the argument used by defenders of the WTO agreement that the impact will be minimal in the ‘Third World,’ since most diseases there are long-standing and can be treated using unpatented drugs.

It refutes your position that ancestry is not a characteristic. A New Book
My last word (I hope), is to once again refute your post at #115. Sound Politics: The soft bigotry of low expectations
Carry out tests or experiments on these deductions in order not to prove them but to refute them.
We strongly refute these claims. Times, Sunday Times
The most recent outpourings have suggested that his marriage is failing, a claim the couple refute. Times, Sunday Times
Su's accusation was refuted by city government officials, who said the construction completion date had been officially postponed to the end of August next year.
We must remember this fact because it refutes the argument that one imposes a blockade, embargo, or sanction as a bloodless and humane way of coercing the leaders of a target country.
What, then, we have to beware of, is not being refuted, but seeming to be, because of course the asking of amphibolies and of questions that turn upon ambiguity, and all the other tricks of that kind, conceal even a genuine refutation, and make it uncertain who is refuted and who is not. On Sophistical Refutations
Lawyers for the accused refuted the charges. Times, Sunday Times
The agnostics and people who refuted the existence of God were considered equally respected as others.
It was not undertaken to support, refute or criticize contemporary urban and regional theory.
We utterly refute any allegation to the contrary. Times, Sunday Times
Lawyers for the accused refuted the charges. Times, Sunday Times
Irked by Viswa's criticisms of the way some ethnic groups are treated in Singapore, LKY interrupted a medical treatment to angrily refute the "highfalutin" speech in a rare appearance on the parliament floor. SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator
Could biological research really refute the insights Freud formulated about mankind?
Responding to concerns in the Northern Isles, NorthLink have refuted accusations that it is seeking to cut jobs in the islands.
It is clearly intended to refute those who denied what is now known as the doctrine of the resurrection.
As with all research, evaluations of these hypotheses will not confirm or refute associated theories but may allow refinement of theories.
He is strenuously keen to refute any charges of elitism that might still cling to the place. Times, Sunday Times
Cornelius mashes sounds together like a child shaking a kaleidoscope mashes colours, but with a deliberation and precision that refute chaos.
We set out over the past year to refute those people who said we couldn't do more than one thing at a time.
But again, this has not been substantiated, on the contrary it was flatly refuted by one of the people we spoke to.
Not only did Obama refute that case with the FedX, UPS example, the bigger proof that it wont is Universities. Lieberman: Obama should delay trying to cover the uninsured
The firms refuted the claims and said the adverts met advertising standards. The Sun
It goes without saying that we have the right to refute them publicly.
And a quick look at the numbers would tend to refute this theory. Times, Sunday Times
We strongly refute any allegations regarding the culture of the organisation. Times, Sunday Times
Music poses an enormous challenge to a writer: its abstraction refutes description, but its very otherness can be liberating.
But one point Matt made tonight that I'd like to hear someone refute is the stupidity of canceling public option as a way to get Republicans to vote for the bill. Obama sells out (Jack Bog's Blog)
In these papers, where he was largely concerned with general philosophical problems of time and space, he adopted a quixotic standpoint in his attempt to refute the theory as being logically untenable.
The meeting was very lively and informal with everyone chipping to supplement or refute what the speakers said.
Yet the last and most popular of these etymologies is refuted by Ptolemy, (Arabia, p. 2, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
It is difficult to refute this accusation. The Times Literary Supplement
This finding refutes the common stereotype of the narcissistic woman with breast implants.
He jokingly refuted suggestions his horse won the race because of rumours the nag had been given steroids.
Amid the many trials of their maiden adulthood, she avers, they feel perversely compelled to refute the proper sovereignty of boomer parents in their lives.
With strong internal controls, a church can more easily refute erroneous claims brought by any form of media. Christianity Today
If so, simple emotivism of the sort described is refuted because the sincerity conditions for making the judgement require the motivation not present in the amoralist.
-- That view also according to which a 'body' means no more than a _means_ of enjoyment is refuted hereby. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
However, others argue that even a short visit to Varna can refute pessimistic appraisals of the situation.
I totally refute the charges and will vigorously defend myself against them. Times, Sunday Times
But we strongly refute any allegation the programme is in any way faked. The Sun
This refutes the possibility that I and O are both false, and thus fills in the bottom relation of subcontraries. The Traditional Square of Opposition
She had consistently refuted what she claimed to be malicious allegations from spiteful colleagues.
This study uses historical fact and Scripture to refute those claims. Christianity Today
His fans insisted that his naturalism and his underplaying refuted any residual sissiness that might be associated with acting.
He refutes the neo-Weberian argument that financial demands of warfare obliged monarchies to develop modern bureaucracies.
This study uses historical fact and Scripture to refute those claims. Christianity Today
The threat of criminal sanction hangs over those who refute the constable's perception of events.
He employs the lame gambit of saying that he doesn't need to answer them because they ‘have been conclusively refuted.’
It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.
Then, instead of attempting to refute it directly, he restates it in significantly different language, setting it in other contexts and suggesting other attitudes or factors that might modify it.
He and his employers refute accusations that his style of investigation constitutes entrapment.
Learn to identify and refute official misinformation when you see it.
We utterly refute any allegation to the contrary. Times, Sunday Times
RE: To refute yet another bombastic talking point, however: that figure, in context, is a long-term projection, based on present economic conditions. Think Progress » Sen. Alexander: Using Reconciliation To Pass Health Care Reform Would ‘End The Senate’
The iconography of the Liege statuette further refutes the notion that it could have been offered in atonement.
YOu didn't "refute" anything .... all you did was try to go on the personal attacks, other than you one point regarding the tax cuts but the fact is that the IRS stats do not support your argument. Obama: Economy 'in a much better place'
This has the great virtue of being very clearly stated and therefore very easy to refute.
Bitterly, he murmurs how he should have refuted the women and explained his innocence.
How does one refute the existence of a spinal "subluxation"? The Scientist
He simply held up his purple ribbon and raised his eyebrows at me as if to say'your argument is thus refuted'. Times, Sunday Times
However, in urchins the ambulacra parallel the oral / aboral axis, making it difficult confirm or refute a relationship between any of these axial structures and HOX genes.
Shakespeare liked to coin new words too," she said. tweet following her use of the word - something of a mix of 'refute' and 'repudiate' - Edmonton Sun
He was scheduled to hold a press conference in Bangkok later Saturday to refute accusations by the Cambodian government that he incited the riots.
The history of Monmouth would alone suffice to refute the Imputation of inconstancy which is so frequently thrown on the common people. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1
I must be able to refute these rumours point by point. Wives and Daughters
We totally refute any suggestion that these dismissals are linked to anything other than a serious breach of discipline.
Most incorrect or incoherent claims are easily refuted by experience or logic but religious concepts are different.
The first one "he wrote the prequels for kids," I had a chance to refute, but the second one: "For Chrissake people, it's just FICTION, get over it! Day in the Life of an Idiot
He would simply decline to refute the evidence presented or answer in any way the charges against him.
The officer representing him made no attempt to refute the allegations. Times, Sunday Times
But he refuted the claims and his wife stuck by him. The Sun
He said he tried to refute a senior police officer briefing reporters, but he was shooed away by other policemen.
But we strongly refute any allegation the programme is in any way faked. The Sun
He simply held up his purple ribbon and raised his eyebrows at me as if to say'your argument is thus refuted'. Times, Sunday Times
To be useful to scholars a proposition must be falsifiable - there must be something which could in theory refute the statement.
However, subsequent excavations at Maiden Castle, Arikamedu and Charsadda have inevitably caused many of his fundamental assumptions to be refuted.
Similarly, I can not be refuted if I claim to experience a religious emotion.
Fundamentalism is a belief system that can not be refuted because it comes from a supreme being.
He refutes any view that the games were somehow freer from the lust for lucre than their modern, brazenly commercial counterparts.
But I think, there's plenty of evidence to refute him on the facts.
Literature refutes both people who think gender should be abolished and people who have overly-narrow views of womanhood or manhood.
They skillfully refuted an expert witness's notion that Marsh had been in a ‘dream-like dissociative state’.
I wholly and completely refute her criticism. Times, Sunday Times
Before Taiden could even begin to refute these accusations, the crowd turned on him.
So if the answer is no population A does not consist of nor contain A1 and A2 then Zachriel's claim is refuted. A New Book
I have taken care to have it in my power to refute them from the most authentick information. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.
She strongly refuted rumours that she pursued the case for malicious reasons.
Well, Neil, now we've got somebody on the other side to refute you.
They both vigorously refute the allegations. Times, Sunday Times
This argument can be refuted by deriving a contradiction.
I refuted his claim that he was innocent.
I'd respond to your inaccuracies point by point, but they kind of refute themselves. Seattle light rail: No park-and-ride lots (Jack Bog's Blog)
Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Wednesday, La Nan, a spokesman for the Kachin Independence Organization, refuted Hla Min's accusations that his group recruited one member per household.
These people concerned themselves primarily with defending their standpoint and attempting to refute what they saw as the absurd claims and practices of both ritualists and non-materialists alike.
A priest cannot break the seal to save his own life, to protect his name, to refute a false accusation, to save the life of another, to aid the course of justice, or to avert a public calamity.
Thus, counter-examples to the principle enunciated by him do not necessarily refute the argument.
The firms refuted the claims and said the adverts met advertising standards. The Sun
_refuted; redargued_, the alternative word, was felt to be pedantic. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg
But not only didn't Isaiah, as we have seen, use the word virgin, which all by itself refutes Matthew's virgin birth of Jesus, but the very context in which Isaiah was speaking absolutely precludes the notion of such a prophecy by Isaiah. Vincent Bugliosi: Why Do I Doubt Both The Atheists And The Theists?
Many of these exiles launched a relentless crusade of anti-Catholic propaganda and subversive literature against Mary, which the government was obliged to suppress or refute as best it could.
They both vigorously refute the allegations. Times, Sunday Times
We utterly refute any allegation to the contrary. Times, Sunday Times
He can no longer be punished for what he is accused of doing, but he cannot refute the accusations either. Times, Sunday Times
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. Josh Billings
This study can not provide data to confirm or refute this hypothesis, however.
It is difficult to refute this accusation. The Times Literary Supplement
Nothing could refute her testimony that the driver was drunk.
Let's refute the second charge straight away. Times, Sunday Times
What's so squirmy about his attacks is they are one of degree, or emphasis, and therefore cannot be easily refuted. Discourse.net: Of Koh, Johnsen ... and Bork
THE SABBATH UNDER CROSSFIRE refutes the common arguments used to negate the continuity and validity of the Sabbath. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
The most recent outpourings have suggested that his marriage is failing, a claim the couple refute. Times, Sunday Times
I think Hume is grossly overrated, and that his argument against Miracles was amply refuted by Alfred Wallace, the codiscoverer of evolution by natural selection, in his essay on the topic. Matthew Yglesias » Time For a Blogger Ethics Panel
But we strongly refute any allegation the programme is in any way faked. The Sun
Although staff at the Crooked Billet are reluctant to expand on frightening details, they do not wholly refute the suggestion that an Irish woman haunts the cellars.
Nothing could refute her testimony that the driver was drunk.
It is impossible to refute an "omphalos" hypothesis. Fundamentalism: Fundamentally Unbiblical
Friends pointed to his comments at the weekend in which he refuted claims that he had sold his yacht. Times, Sunday Times
However, it is necessary to say a word or two here to refute this seemingly compelling argument.
I refute Mr Strausbaugh's accusations but I applaud his championing of Ballard.
He is strenuously keen to refute any charges of elitism that might still cling to the place. Times, Sunday Times
The accusation has been wholly refuted by an in-depth analysis of the evidence.
The officer representing him made no attempt to refute the allegations. Times, Sunday Times
This process of using observation and experiment to refute false theories does not rely on induction in any way.
_Nueva R.vista de Buenos Ayres_, 1881), has been most thoroughly and conclusively refuted by Mr. Clements R. Markham, in the volume of the Hackluyt Society's Publications for 1883.] [Footnote 88: _R.binal-Achi, ou le Drame Ballet du Tun_, published as an appendix to the _Grammaire de la Langue Quiché_ (Paris, 1862). Aboriginal American Authors
Your statement that all the suffragist arguments "were long ago refuted and sent to limbo" is a mere pettish assertion, quite incapable of proof.
The details of regional geology together with extensional folds in the Alasehir graben are enough to refute a short lived contractional tectonics in late Miocene to Pliocene in western Turkey.
It was all very negative and most of it was unfounded and/or hyperbole which I was able to refute fairly easily and did so.
No, New Labour refuted the advert because they say the plans aren't costed properly.
That bogus claim has now been refuted by both the snopes urban legend page and by my op-ed articles.
For the record, since I'm starting this carry-over thread, keiths has just refuted the entire paradigm of evolutionary biology and indicted the whole 'culture war' being carried on by posers cloaking themselves in the mantle of science in order to pretend that their consensus theoretic is some kind of OBJECTIVE truth (a.k.a. per this argument 'absolute') about biological evolution. Carry-Over Thread
By the above refutation of Kapila's Smriti the Yoga-smriti also is refuted. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
Those who are not satisfied with the synthetic proofs of the theory of evolution which are provided by comparative anatomy, embryology, paleontology, dysteleology, chorology, and classification, may try to refute the analytic proof given in my treatise on the sponge, the outcome of five years of assiduous study. The Evolution of Man — Volume 1
Even if it were possible for self-consciousness to be illusory, its mere occurrence is enough to refute those who take the view that the notion of a substantival self is as 'meaningless' as the notion of an unknowable substratum of material things. Campbell on Self-Consciousness and the Substantival Self
We strongly refute these claims. Times, Sunday Times
Combing the archives for empirical verification, a disparate band of historians, archivists, and antiquarians refuted Vasari's narrative point by point.
Isabelle is quick to refute any suggestion of intellectual snobbery.
It is difficult to refute this accusation. The Times Literary Supplement
We strongly refute any allegations regarding the culture of the organisation. Times, Sunday Times
To neutralize the risk that these philosophical positions would lead to heterodox beliefs, a decree of the Fifth Lateran Council (Apostolici regiminis, 1513) had made the immortality of the soul a dogma of the Church and had commanded all university professors of philosophy, when lecturing on doctrines that deviated from it, to make every effort to teach the truth of the Christian religion and to refute any philosophical arguments that challenged it. Pietro Pomponazzi
If so, simple emotivism of the sort described is refuted because the sincerity conditions for making the judgment require the motivation not present in the amoralist. Boys in White Suits
But he refuted the claims and his wife stuck by him. The Sun
I must be able to refute these rumours point by point. Wives and Daughters
With strong internal controls, a church can more easily refute erroneous claims brought by any form of media. Christianity Today
We strongly refute any allegations regarding the culture of the organisation. Times, Sunday Times
Most of what the film alleges is refuted by the evidence at hand. USATODAY.com - Conspiracy film rewrites Sept. 11
That story alone would appear to refute the accusations of those who have denounced Sonia as a gold-digger, capitalising on the vulnerability of Orwell when he was dying.
He can no longer be punished for what he is accused of doing, but he cannot refute the accusations either. Times, Sunday Times
The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments
I am having a hard time identifying the theory you think I have that would be refuted bythis. The Volokh Conspiracy » A Supreme Court Without Stare Decisis:
What's so squirmy about his attacks is they are one of degree, or emphasis, and therefore cannot be easily refuted. Discourse.net: Of Koh, Johnsen ... and Bork
None of them refuted the charges. Times, Sunday Times
And a quick look at the numbers would tend to refute this theory. Times, Sunday Times
As with research on hormones, there is a dearth of empirical data to support or refute a biosocial interaction hypothesis of antisocial and violent behavior with respect to toxins, and further tests of this proposition are required.
It refutes clichés by making them specific and adding details, fleshing them out into their own incidents.
Fundamentalism is a belief system that can not be refuted because it comes from a supreme being.
His claim that fraud is a "well-documented reality" is refuted by his own office's records, which reveal only seven cases of alleged voter fraud in five years in Kansas only one of which was prosecuted. Voter ID: Vital Shield or a Solution Seeking a Problem?
Some writers are aware that to refute a charge is stronger than to deny it, but are unclear where the difference lies. Times, Sunday Times
The Cosla group, however, refutes any accusations of unfair play, claiming that McConnell and the rest of the group are simply showing ‘foresight’ in setting out local government's views.
In this article I try to refute the so-called libertarian theory of free will, and to examine how our conclusions ought to modify our common attitudes of praise and blame.
After they went public the minister refuted the accusation.
None of them refuted the charges. Times, Sunday Times
Some writers are aware that to refute a charge is stronger than to deny it, but are unclear where the difference lies. Times, Sunday Times
This study uses historical fact and Scripture to refute those claims. Christianity Today
Rationalists see skepticism as something which must be refuted on every count in order to establish a sure footing for absolutely certain knowledge.
Hence, Freeman is refuted since presumably other explanations are conceivable, even if it turns out they aren't very interesting.
Kenyon refuted all these accusations and was clearly annoyed they have been made public.
First, your statement that Europe has very little ability to project power, and is incapability to deter various types of attacks short of invasion is breathtakingly simple to refute, Just look at the Falklands war and the interventions by France in africa. Matthew Yglesias » Defense Spending in Europe
Your diatribe is filled with so many distortions that I will not even attempt to refute them. Think Progress » 170 House Republicans rebuff Steele by voting to ban RNC’s ‘Census’ mailer.
If so, simple emotivism of the sort described is refuted because the sincerity conditions for making the judgment require the motivation not present in the amoralist. Boys in White Suits
The technique can also be used to confirm or refute current theories.
I'm going to refute Bruce in three easy steps, first with some history, second with some analogy, and lastly with a bit of philosophy.
John Thacker writes: rvman -- your argument, while superficially plausibly, is against completely refuted by the data. Getting Ricardo Wrong, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
In this, it seems to me, we should agree with these skeptical anti-realists and knowledge microscopists of today: their instinct, which repels them from modern reality, is unrefuted - what do their retrograde bypaths concern us!
You've written nothing in your rambling post that would refute the claim that 'excited delirium' is not a documented and bona fide medical condition. jim in London from London, Canada writes: excited-delirium is the term Taser has invented to defend themselves in the 17 ongoing wrongfull death suites they are involved with. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
Pierides refuted Ndebele's claim that the road freight industry was not concerned about safety and said his association actively promoted the improvement of safety practices. ANC Daily News Briefing
But he refuted the claims and his wife stuck by him. The Sun
But the truth is, such ways of discoursing are fitter to be drolled upon, than to be refuted by any serious answer. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII.
They are not sincere, he says, and he does not even bother to recapitulate their arguments or try to refute them.
This was met with dismay and objection, but the logic could not be refuted.
But instead of trying to refute what Chomsky actually says and writes, Morley instead decides to refute the man himself.
A detailed understanding of protistan biology, therefore, offers scientists and lay persons alike the ability to address current attacks on evolutionary theory, and to refute the claims of ID creationists who insist on invoking supernatural explanations to account for observable phenomena. Reason Magazine
None of them refuted the charges. Times, Sunday Times
Let's refute the second charge straight away. Times, Sunday Times
The "tolerance" warriors would be much better served actually doing the work to refute it rather than assuming that their views are so unchallengeably true and righteous that they need not refute anything and, instead, are bestowed with the right to coercively prevent divergent views from being aired. The "Tolerance" Warriors
Of course, this reply is usually plain nonsense, since it depends on the completely unargued, and in fact easily refuted, principle that the only alternatives on the table are (1) partisan politicking in government elections, or else (2) doing nothing. Lazy Linking of the Libertarian Left
Waterford Against Racism vehemently refutes the outrageous accusations made by Minister of Justice, John O'Donoghue in the past week.
He thus single-handedly refutes the Platonic theory of evil as ignorance of the good.
He simply held up his purple ribbon and raised his eyebrows at me as if to say'your argument is thus refuted'. Times, Sunday Times
The straw man fallacy - invent a deliberately weakened version of your opponent's position, demolish it, then claim to have refuted their argument.
Actress Jennylyn Mercado refutes a report saying she rediscounted a bounced cheque from a certain "Tita C. Blogged!
If they are not correct, they have to be contradicted or refuted by evidence.
You and others are pointing to Meyer's contention that there is no basis in physics and chemistry alone sufficient to generate the outcome of a genetic code as refuted by stereochemical explanations grounded in Yarus and other studies. Are Stereochemical Explanations Causally Sufficient?
We utterly refute any allegation to the contrary. Times, Sunday Times

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