CONTROVERT in a Sentence

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Example sentences for CONTROVERT, such as:

1. Nobody controverted the prophetic gentleman's opinion.
2. The statement of the last witness controvert the evidence of the first two.
3. The statement of the last witness controverted the evidence of the first two.
4. I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted.
5. I did not venture to controvert this opinion, but I made a good supper, which it greatly satisfied her to see me do.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONTROVERT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
controvert
 v.  oppose with arguments; attempt to prove to be false or incorrect; contradict
Classic Sentence:
1  I did not venture to controvert this opinion, but I made a good supper, which it greatly satisfied her to see me do.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23. I CORROBORATE Mr. DICK, AND CHOOSE A PROFESSI...
2  I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In I
3  Nor would I have it thought that anything our historian may have affirmed in the passage cited, or elsewhere, controverts these my opinions.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER LVIII.
4  Nobody controverted the prophetic gentleman's opinion.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
Example Sentence:
1  The witness's testimony was so clear and her reputation for honesty so well-established that the defense attorney decided it was wiser to make no attempt to controvert what she said.
2  The statement of the last witness controvert the evidence of the first two.
3  The statement of the last witness controverted the evidence of the first two.