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Example sentences for: dismissing

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It's hard to imagine him praising every Steven Spielberg flick that comes his way, but it's hard to imagine him dismissing them outright either.
Even such a staunch supporter as William F. Buckley Jr. squirmed in embarrassment as he defended his hero Nixon, calling him "paranoid" and dismissing his anti-Semitism as "all foam, no teeth," pointing out that Jews like Henry Kissinger, William Safire, and Herb Stein continued to support him although it was "unlikely" that they were "unaware" of his anti-Semitic tendencies.
In an editorial on the Littleton massacre, the Independent on Sunday warned against dismissing it as a problem unique to gun-crazy America.
No economist with ambitions for tenure would dream of dismissing a business as a "shell game" merely because its revenue diverts revenue from other businesses.
I know you're not as fascinated by electoral politics as I am, dismissing it all in a Ralph Nader sort of way, but I cannot for the life of me understand the Beltway media's continuing love affair with Sen. John McCain.