How to Use contradict in a Sentence

contradict

verb

• He contradicted the charges of his critics.
• The mayor's actions in office contradicted the promises he made during the campaign.
• My sister doesn't like being contradicted.
• Mnuchin, though, did appear to contradict Trump in terms of the scope of the ZTE talks.
  — Damian Paletta and David J. Lynch, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2018
• As a result, some of the events in the second book contradict the events in the first. .
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2021
• But then so are the other people (in the play) who contradict him.
  — Andrew O’Hagan, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2021
• By the time the credits roll, the movie has contradicted itself in the profoundest of ways.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
• That opinion has not in the last two years been contradicted by any court.
  — Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal, 22 Mar. 2018
• But there are a few points that contradict the picture.
  — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2020
• Claims like these don’t contradict your account or put your sister in the right.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
• Over the years, the government of Brazil has seemed to contradict itself on such questions.
  — Monte Reel, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2022
• As is often the case in these disputes, even the complaints seem to contradict each other.
  — Nestor Ramos, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2018
• Coach Kennedy’s own words contradict the idea that his act was private.
  — Linda K. Wertheimer, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2022
• Blake Pieroni is among Hoosiers trying to contradict that.
  — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2021
• Court records in the document case contradict his claims.
  — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 18 Jan. 2023
• That claim is contradicted by the video of his talk with detectives.
  — David Ovalle, miamiherald, 5 June 2018
• Now Humm was confronted with a set of goals that seem to contradict each other.
  — WSJ, 3 May 2021
• Salem hosts are not free to voice opinions that contradict the network’s pro-Trump stance.
  — Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 18 Nov. 2019
• Later in his speech, Brooks seemed to contradict his election fraud case.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 24 Jan. 2021
• That’s not the only move Iger has made that contradicts his previous stances.
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2023
• How will consumers trust you if your brand’s actions contradict its words, or if the effort comes across as forced?
  — Philip Kushmaro, Forbes, 28 June 2021
• The report also said Rolle clenched his fists, which could not be confirmed or contradicted by the videos.
  — Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• This contradicts the statements from others that this had nothing to do with the campaign.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 3 May 2018
• The findings contradict a narrative that was a large part of the school's history.
  — Paul Best, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2020
• One of his early crimes, shown in flashback, appears to contradict that code.
  — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2021
• Giving Kang anything more than a brief cameo in a post-credits scene would contradict that.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 8 July 2021
• But in a trend that contradicts normal patterns, the road team has a better record in each stadium.
  — Giana Han, al, 15 Nov. 2019
• Joe couldn’t win Beck back after a late-in-season breakup or the show would risk contradicting itself.
  — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 27 Dec. 2018
• Sweeney also seemed to contradict himself by denying that Cassidy had lost the room.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2022
• But Borg said that does not contradict the analysis, which was based on sales not players.
  — Annie Martin, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 9 May 2024