How to Use dispel in a Sentence

dispel

verb

• This report should dispel any doubts you have about the plan.
• The experience dispelled some of our fears about the process.
• She made an official statement to dispel any rumors about her retirement.
• The faint beams of our phones did little to dispel the dark.
  — William J. Broad George Etheredge, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
• The effect is not to dispel the clichés of Lana-dom but to deepen them.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2021
• Now, Democrats can dispel the fog between their ears and chart a new path.
  — Eugene Robinson, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
• Niemann has offered to play the game naked to dispel his doubters.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2022
• The 95th Academy Awards show sure helped dispel the bad odor of the past few years.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2023
• While all these tactics can help dispel gloom, the best tip might be the most basic.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
• The rally, in the South Bronx, was choreographed to dispel this notion.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
• So that’s the first idea to dispel, that boom times are easy sailing for solo GPs.
  — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2024
• His lawyers argued the gag order should have been dispelled with the end of his trial.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2024
• Time to dispel a myth: Sports staffers do not accept free tickets to games.
  — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2022
• And while Burns has done a few interviews over the years to dispel the myths, fans of the show haven’t seen much of him recently.
  — Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021
• He’s tried to dispel that notion, which is a little like trying to hold back the ocean with a screen door.
  — Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2022
• On the other side of the glass, Kenan Thompson dispels some of Carla Jean's white lies.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2023
• The guys try dispel the myth that sharks are man-eating beasts through extreme challenges.
  — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 11 July 2022
• But what Banchero has shown so far doesn't dispel the question marks that followed him into the draft.
  — Rahat Huq, Chron, 11 July 2022
• And that control is key to both dispelling fears and embracing A.I. at work.
  — Jared Spataro, Fortune, 11 May 2023
• Till, in its own way, attempts to dispel that notion too.
  — Robert Daniels, Time, 14 Oct. 2022
• Lehman also sought to dispel the narrative that the gun belonged to the shooter.
  — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
• Watching the trees start to grow helped to dispel some of the skepticism that farmers across the region still have.
  — Manuela Andreoni Victor Moriyama, New York Times, 2 May 2024
• But the judge ruled that was not enough to dispel the notion that the show was asserting a factual claim.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Jan. 2022
• The Gray Man actor took to his own Instagram to dispel the notion.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 11 July 2022
• White sage incense sticks and bath salts dispel bad juju to reset the mood.
  — Talia Abbas, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
• The Cleveland Clinic even asked a doctor to dispel the rumor.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2024
• Can tvg silence the doubters and dispel the Evil Empire stereotype?
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 6 Mar. 2023
• And its potency, though dulled, has not been dispelled.
  — Luke Money, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
• Their results on the second-to-last weekend did nothing to dispel that notion.
  — Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
• Harris had sought to dispel concerns about the economy, as the inflation rate has dropped since 2022.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024