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Example sentences for: refute

How can you use “refute” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The author of the old study says the new study is flawed, and reporters agreed that the new study raises doubts but doesn't necessarily refute the old one.
Someone who writes book after book to refute what he doesn't understand is just a crank.
“In court, a prime CBS objective will be to refute characterizations of Adams by Westmoreland's witnesses as a rouge elephant within the CIA.”
President Clinton's response to charges of selling "special access"--that these donors are also his friends and he has the right to have conversations with his friends and invite them to his home--is disingenuous, but might be hard to refute in court.
… An assessment of the Microsoft findings says Judge Jackson invariably cast Microsoft's action in the worst possible light, but the "compelling litany of misdeeds will be difficult to refute."