How to Use contradict in a Sentence

contradict

verb
  • He contradicted the charges of his critics.
  • The mayor's actions in office contradicted the promises he made during the campaign.
  • My sister doesn't like being contradicted.
  • Yet time and time again, his own sources contradict such a statement.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Trump doesn’t care if his claims contradict themselves.
    — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • That opinion has not in the last two years been contradicted by any court.
    — Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal, 22 Mar. 2018
  • But then so are the other people (in the play) who contradict him.
    — Andrew O’Hagan, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Claims like these don’t contradict your account or put your sister in the right.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Coach Kennedy’s own words contradict the idea that his act was private.
    — Linda K. Wertheimer, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2022
  • And that kind of contradicts your instinct as an actor.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Now videos, of course, contradict these statements.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
  • And the league’s response seems to contradict how Merzel ruled.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Read, watch and listen to sources that contradict your thinking.
    — Antonio Garrido, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Those two facts are supposed to contradict each other.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Sometimes, these tellings contradict each other in small ways.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The comment seems to contradict his claims that Oasis would be on pause in the new year.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2025
  • That claim is contradicted by the video of his talk with detectives.
    — David Ovalle, miamiherald, 5 June 2018
  • But when the layers contradict each other, slow down and ask more questions.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Nam said the chat log evidence contradicts that.
    — Jane Lytvynenko, NBC news, 12 May 2026
  • Later in his speech, Brooks seemed to contradict his election fraud case.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 24 Jan. 2021
  • One of his early crimes, shown in flashback, appears to contradict that code.
    — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Salem hosts are not free to voice opinions that contradict the network’s pro-Trump stance.
    — Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 18 Nov. 2019
  • And the law contradicts itself.
    — Christopher Spata, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Many observers have said bystander videos contradict those claims of self-defense.
    — Robin Respaut, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
  • How will consumers trust you if your brand’s actions contradict its words, or if the effort comes across as forced?
    — Philip Kushmaro, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • The ensemble contradicts the singers but also eggs them on.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Now Humm was confronted with a set of goals that seem to contradict each other.
    — WSJ, 3 May 2021
  • The email also appears to contradict the other email on how records should be handled.
    — Sara Cook, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2025
  • As is often the case in these disputes, even the complaints seem to contradict each other.
    — Nestor Ramos, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2018
  • This contradicts the statements from others that this had nothing to do with the campaign.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 3 May 2018

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