95 Verbs to Use for the Word contradiction

From these premises, it is evident that an universal remedy, or one that possesses healing powers for the cure of all diseases, is, in fact, a non-entity, a mere delusion, the existence of which is physically impossible, as the mere idea of such a thing involves a contradiction.

It was written obscurely, and was not without its contradictions, but the imagination of Mrs. Abbott supplied all the vacuums, and reconciled all the contradictions.

In the first place you will remark that this sentence, which contains the alleged contradiction, is mutilated; the part which is omitted, giving a directly contrary meaning to it, from that it bears under the reviewer's scissors.

"The captain's bent on a scout, and you know he'll not bear contradiction.

It implies a contradiction for men to be at once learning the liberal arts, and at the same time treated as slaves; at once studying freedom and practising servitude.'

M. de Francueil could not be witty that day, and Rousseau escaped directly on leaving the table, without having said a word,displeased, perhaps, with having found a new contradiction to his claim of being the most persecuted, the most hated, and the most calumniated of men.

It is plain that the Evangelists here, as in several other parts of their writings, gave their attention to the sacred narrative as a whole, and did not consider themselves bound to relate every detail in precisely the same order, which fully explains the apparent contradictions of each other, which are to be found in their Gospels.

I like not the contradiction, for just as my hopes are a little raised by what I have witnessed, perhaps a little too near, they are all blown to the winds by such a frown as San Gennero himself might cast upon a sinner.

[p. 576]: and, perhaps, conclude it to be the same, who (as 'tis reported) maintained a contradiction in terminis, in the face of three hundred persons.

What character in history presents such wide contradictions?

There are creatures, as it is said, (sit fides penes authorem, but there appears no contradiction that there should be such,) that, with language and reason and a shape in other things agreeing with ours, have hairy tails; others where the males have no beards, and others where the females have.

"He carries into his system all the contradictions and whims of his capricious nature," says Zeller.

We may safely challenge contradiction to the assertion, that at the expiration of the jubilee there were not a set of free laborers on earth from whom the West India planters could have got more work for the same money.

Be no longer righteous in thine own eyes, copy Him who with patience endured the contradiction of sinners, strive and pray that thou mayest become poor in spirit, and so mayest thou yet inherit the Kingdom.

She did not say that she was hideous, for the sake of hearing a contradiction or a series of saving clauses.

It is really remarkable to find an author and his admirers so much at variance, as are Murray and his commenders, in relation to his grammatical authorship; and yet, under what circumstances could men have stronger desires to avoid apparent contradiction?

But the girl looked out of the window, and did not see the compressed lips, dilated nostrils, and glittering eyes, that gave such a contradiction to the bland words.

And it must be a cause rarely plausible that will not admit some probable contradiction.

And yet, believe me, good as well as ill, Woman's at best a contradiction still.

He was a stern man and overbearing and would brook no contradiction.

We may well feel much curiosity to look into the habits, manners, and motives of a race exhibiting such contradictions.

We do not fear either skeptical demur or direct contradiction, when we assert that the imagination is as much the medium of the homely Ostade, as of the refined Raffaelle.

"Of all unsuccessful men," says Mr. Froude, "in every shape, whether divine or human, or devilish, there is none equal to Bunyan's Mr. Facing-both-waysthe fellow with one eye on heaven and one on earthwho sincerely preaches one thing and sincerely does another, and from the intensity of his unreality is unable either to see or feel the contradiction.

This, of course, does not need contradiction.

apparently receiving comforting contradiction enough from the mirror to make the remark worth frequent repetition.

95 Verbs to Use for the Word  contradiction