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.
• So for instance, some folks might have left his simple denial and moved on to the next subject.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2024
• It’s often disparaged as a kind of denial of emotion that is inauthentic.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 26 Sep. 2022
• Some families may be in denial or embarrassed, Calamari said, or the child may feel like they will be stigmatized by their friends.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2022
• The breadth of election denial among Republicans is a reminder of the grip that Donald Trump has on the party.
  — Nicholas Riccardi, Chron, 10 Sep. 2022
• But denial is a luxury enjoyed only by those from whom the pandemic has taken relatively little.
  — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2022
• As heat waves, wildfires, floods, water shortages, and droughts ravage the country, Republicans have been forced to abandon climate denial.
  — Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2022
• The book illuminates sacrifice and support, disregard and denial.
  — Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022
• Viserys is in denial, decrying it as gossip, but Hightower cites numerous witnesses.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2022
• After Bloomberg broke the news in August that the Glazers were considering selling a minority stake, there was no denial.
  — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 21 Sep. 2022
• Friday’s denial marks a big win for the state Department of Forestry, environmental groups and outdoor recreationalists.
  — oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2022
• Aya Cash is still in denial about the end of You're the Worst.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 1 May 2019
• With the denial, the judge set a trial to start on Oct. 28.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2024
• 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
• The rest of the commission agreed and voted 4-0 for denial.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
• And the only way to appeal a denial is to sue for records in court, which can be costly.
  — al, 16 Sep. 2020
• Reasons for a denial include: a duplicate application, not meeting eligibility criteria and the sale falling through.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024