How to Use disabuse in a Sentence

disabuse

verb
  • The past decade should have disabused us of that notion many times over.
    — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
  • But then a mother’s screams would pierce the air and disabuse me of the thought.
    — Ahmed Abu Artema, TIME, 12 Oct. 2024
  • And that Jann doesn't go out of his way to disabuse people of that.
    — Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The goal of the book is to disabuse people of this intuition.
    — Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The 12-day war will do nothing to disabuse them of that notion.
    — Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Only when he was disabused of that notion, the source said, would the team’s fortunes change.
    — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
  • But the events of the book disabuse Marianne of this way of thinking.
    — Matt Thompson, The Atlantic, 18 July 2017
  • Just one term on the City Council was enough to disabuse her of that notion.
    — Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2022
  • Paul’s memoir will disabuse you of any notions about the glamour of being an artist’s muse.
    — Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2020
  • First, let’s disabuse ourselves of the bugaboo of the mass exit of teachers.
    — Talia Milgrom-Elcott, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Nothing could be farther from the truth, and a closer look at data can help disabuse us of this notion.
    — Shahid Jameel, Quartz, 14 July 2021
  • Josh tried to disabuse her of the mistaken identity, but the woman wasn’t having it.
    — Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The flaming turd that is Cassidy-Graham should disabuse us all of that notion.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Turner is one of the first students Elwood meets at Nickel, and the first to try to disabuse him of his ideals.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 18 July 2019
  • Part of Carlile’s contribution, coming aboard as a kind of coach, was to disabuse her of the idea that her songs should be that malleable.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
  • This Penelope is knowing, gossipy, disabused.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • This is also why disabusing new believers of such opinions can feel like plucking shell fragments from a cooking omelet.
    — Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • To capitalize on the moment, Democrats first have to disabuse themselves of the notion that this is just a return to normal.
    — David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 9 June 2026
  • There is no shortage of opportunities for children, particularly Black and brown ones, to be disabused of their fantasies.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Despite my best efforts to disabuse the literary world of its witchy ideas about my favorite writer, the gothy teen who first fell in love with Sylvia’s work in the 90s still lives inside of me.
    — Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
  • And the refusal to be disabused by data suggests a deep instinct that vaccination in general is just too unnatural to be trusted — a very human impulse, clearly, but not one that can guide public health.
    — Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But the fear that Bacon has gathered everyone for something indulgent is quickly disabused in the silly and gory comedy where the fun all are having on screen extends to those who aren’t directly related.
    — Stephen Saito, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Both Anne and Benjamin are quickly disabused of any illusion that their father might have taken them seriously as contributors to the business, let alone potential successors.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
  • With the holidays fast approaching and heightened prices a top-tier concern for consumers, the administration is also campaigning to disabuse the public of the notion that tariffs are fueling inflation at retail.
    — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Pre-positioning munitions, as well as stockpiles of energy, medical, and food supplies, also could help disabuse Chinese leaders of the notion that Taiwan can be taken quickly and cheaply.
    — Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Against a barely upright Niners roster (especially wounded in the passing game), Sean McVay’s squad should sweep the leg and disabuse anyone of the notion San Francisco is a contender.
    — J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • By a similar token, that stark visual language — complicated by Zhao’s stately framing and related inclination toward surveillance-like interior shots that suggest the presence of a ghost looking down — helps to disabuse the drama of any potential staginess.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025

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