How to Use denial in a Sentence

denial

noun

• She issued a flat denial of the charges made against her.
• The hardest part of the punishment was the denial of his right to see his children.
• The group is protesting the denial of voting rights to convicted felons.
• The lawyers were disappointed by the court's denial of their motion to dismiss the case.
• The accusations have met with angry denials from school officials.
• The city government has been heavily criticized for its denial of the seriousness of the situation.
• Aya Cash is still in denial about the end of You're the Worst.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 1 May 2019
• So how does the Greek Freak's denial stack up against the best ever?
  — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 15 July 2021
• The response is to just deepen the denial and dig in all the harder.
  — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2018
• The court did not issue opinions in any of the three denials.
  — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• But election denial doesn't have to be seen as a means to an end.
  — NBC News, 13 Nov. 2022
• This may be the most outright denial that fans will get.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 July 2022
• Some are already there, but many more have their heads deep in the sands of denial.
  — Sara Zeff Geber, Forbes, 20 May 2021
• So your brother-in-law has the hots for you, and your husband is in denial.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2023
• The denial of the permit request was appealed to the Quorum Court.
  — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 22 Sep. 2023
• Yet for millions of people around the world, that denial wasn’t clear enough.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2023
• And the only way to appeal a denial is to sue for records in court, which can be costly.
  — al, 16 Sep. 2020
• The other denials have gained no credence in the media.
  — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 8 July 2018
• Even my in-denial parents could only pretend not to smell the smoke that clung to the weft of my sweater.
  — Nicole Walker, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• There seems to be a denial of the need to bring new generations into the mix.
  — Graham Ward, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
• The nail-pulling is bad, but the denial of reality is worse.
  — New York Times, 26 May 2021
• The denials would have been accepted by a lot of people.
  — Robert Klemko, SI.com, 25 June 2018
• The buildup of denial that covers everything in their house like a film.
  — Samy Burch, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• Blonde, by contrast, is playing it safe and in denial about it.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2022
• The judges’ denials would have made the name change proceedings public.
  — Crystal Hill, Indianapolis Star, 22 July 2019
• Then, on top of this, there is the denial of basic human rights to black people.
  — Kiratiana Freelon, The Root, 26 Apr. 2018
• Decide for yourself how much of a denial that feels like.
  — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 9 July 2019
• He's been in denial and a bit reckless until that point.
  — Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2021
• And others may be in denial about how long the pandemic will last.
  — Zayna Syed, Dallas News, 18 June 2020
• Parts of the travel industry are in denial about these changes.
  — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 9 May 2024