Get to know Contradicted better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
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Contradicted meaning
simple past and past participle of contradict
Using Contradicted
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of contradict
- In the example corpus, contradicted often appears in combinations such as: contradicted the, contradicted by, that contradicted.
Context around Contradicted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Contradicted
- In this selection, "contradicted" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, recently, constantly, directly, observations, herself and jasper stand out and add context to how "contradicted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2012 book contradicted the united and attacks nobody contradicted the erroneous. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "contradicted" sits close to words such as additive, affirm and agony, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with contradicted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Poorly produced, poorly acted, contradicted the premise at every turn. (10 words)
Achebe’s 2012 book contradicted the United Kingdom’s report. (10 words)
But Grifol countered he had read something that contradicted my theory. (11 words)
A Huthi spokesman said the latest wave of air strikes “will not deter us”, while Tehran said the attacks contradicted “the repeated claims of Washington and London that they do not want the expansion of war and conflict in the region”. (41 words)
Throughout the history of the State of Israel, the three judges of the Supreme Court in the committee to elect judges have voted with one voice, even though such an alignment of their votes contradicted the law. (37 words)
BAM and the Government have been at loggerheads in recent months over costs relating to the hospital and its eventual completion date, and the contractor has regularly contradicted the Government’s statements on the ongoing controversy. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
But Grifol countered he had read something that contradicted my theory.
Chikwekwe has since challenged his suspension at the courts arguing that the letter suspending him contradicted the special council report.
He has recently contradicted observations of fact expressed by a former and a current residents of the hood he feels is not up to his standards.
His split personalities constantly contradicted one another, leading to hilarious dialogue between himself and other villains.
However, the original movies, where all of those characters and concepts came to be, have been contradicted by almost everything else that came after it.
However, the provincial government’s Bill 23 (More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022) last year made changes that directly contradicted this by reducing affordable component requirements to five per cent.
If he did, he would notice that every point he makes is contradicted in the report.
In a room packed with gawking men, all intoxicated by the public degradation of this sumptuous fallen socialite, Dickey fumbled, contradicted herself, and became confused during Campbell’s brutal cross-examination.
Poorly produced, poorly acted, contradicted the premise at every turn.
Referring to "the heinous actions of a few" that dishonored the unit, Davis contradicted an earlier statement that she would keep the unit.
That vision contradicted Jasper County's comprehensive plan to have the whole area be rural preservation, Schaefer said.
The apparently now-deleted post has been quickly contradicted, and it seems that the musician isn’t sorry at all.
The KMP also asserted that the NFA contradicted earlier sentiments from Marcos, who had claimed that there was enough rice stock.
Throughout the history of the State of Israel, the three judges of the Supreme Court in the committee to elect judges have voted with one voice, even though such an alignment of their votes contradicted the law.
Weiss’ letter to Graham contradicted in June to Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, in which Weiss said his charging authority was limited to his home district.
Achebe’s 2012 book contradicted the United Kingdom’s report.
A Huthi spokesman said the latest wave of air strikes “will not deter us”, while Tehran said the attacks contradicted “the repeated claims of Washington and London that they do not want the expansion of war and conflict in the region”.
At neighborhood social events I have attended, if anybody talked about foreign policy, it was usually about helping the suffering Israelis defend themselves from terror attacks; nobody contradicted the erroneous statements.
A woman who claims to have dated Turner accused him of dumping her because she gained weight, which contradicted the kind image of Turner that the show had painted.
BAM and the Government have been at loggerheads in recent months over costs relating to the hospital and its eventual completion date, and the contractor has regularly contradicted the Government’s statements on the ongoing controversy.
Common combinations with contradicted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- contradicted the 44×
- contradicted by 44×
- that contradicted 12×
- directly contradicted 10×
- contradicted himself 8×
- has contradicted 7×
- contradicted his 7×
- be contradicted 7×
- been contradicted 6×
- is contradicted 6×