How to Use rebut in a Sentence

rebut

verb
  • Her lawyer attempted to rebut the witness's testimony.
  • Stalingrad's defenders were finally able to rebut the besiegers, but only after a horrendous loss of life.
  • Rachel Comey, the brand, rebuts this claim.
    — Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The truth is that Scott wasn't there to rebut Biden's speech.
    — Clay Cane, CNN, 29 Apr. 2021
  • None of the claims made by the Post’s sources have been rebutted.
    — William Saletan, Slate Magazine, 16 May 2017
  • And as far as this column can tell no one at that time was publicly rebutting her claim.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2018
  • But the poster had been seeking advice on how to rebut the article.
    — Elizabeth Dwoskin, Will Oremus and Gerrit De Vynck, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The other side consists of the kinds of people who quickly rebut.
    — Eric Bolin, ajc, 20 Sep. 2017
  • The length of the speech may provide evidence to rebut those who claim Biden is too old.
    — James Powel, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Mensah will have the chance to try to rebut Duke’s arguments.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The latest left-wing attack on the justice is that those who know him dare to rebut vicious attacks on him.
    — Mark Paoletta, National Review, 24 July 2023
  • The report, though, largely seemed to rebut the president’s claims.
    — Matt Zapotosky, Washington Post, 14 June 2018
  • But his Tuesday remarks served to rebut fresh skepticism at whether the two sides can reach a deal at all.
    — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The government will then have a chance to rebut the defense arguments.
    — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Over the course of the past few days, the group has offered six predictable defenses, each of which can be rebutted.
    — NBC News, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Some people will say, sure, the market fell but continues to bounce on moves lower, and that’s hard to rebut.
    — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The legal team focused on rebutting Democrats’ charges in the trial record.
    — Siobhan Hughes, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2020
  • The idea that the report was fake news was just as quickly rebutted by the reporter behind the story.
    — Wired, 1 Sep. 2019
  • Biden might be able to rebut that argument if his diplomacy ends the war in Gaza and opens the way to peace talks.
    — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Ollie has not yet had the chance to rebut the many allegations levied against him in front of a neutral party.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 29 June 2018
  • Many of the points raised in these memos are difficult to rebut from a factual standpoint.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 May 2025
  • At the same time, clamping down on protests is one way to rebut challenges to government policies and power.
    — Jeremy Pressman, The Conversation, 15 June 2025
  • Diggs opted against taking the witness stand to rebut Adams' claims.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
  • At no point did De León rebut those remarks, or put a stop to the conversation.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Cook said last week she wouldn’t be bullied into stepping down and vowed to rebut the accusations.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
  • This point could serve to rebut claims that the Act places an excessive burden on small businesses.
    — Matthew Erskine, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The prosecution then gets a second turn, to rebut any of the defense's closing.
    — The Enquirer, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Jill Biden has been among the most active Democrats attempting to rebut that message.
    — Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 July 2024
  • Still, Edgar-Jones is quick to rebut any notion that Kya is a savage creature.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 May 2022
  • The only way to rebut that is to erode the concept of agency — that is a dangerous proposition.
    — Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025

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