How do you use Contradicting in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Contradicting in a sentence
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Contradicting meaning
present participle and gerund of contradict
Using Contradicting
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of contradict
- In the example corpus, contradicting often appears in combinations such as: contradicting the, contradicting his, and contradicting.
Context around Contradicting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Contradicting
- In this selection, "contradicting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gave, scene, directly, messages, statements and kacsmaryk stand out and add context to how "contradicting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include authorities gave contradicting messages and been wildly contradicting themselves over. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "contradicting" sits close to words such as aficionados, aiadmk and airships, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with contradicting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ahead of Mediterranean storm Daniel, authorities gave contradicting messages. (9 words)
Atupele must be furious with Eastern Region police publicist Joseph Sauka for contradicting him. (14 words)
Communities Secretary suggested that an entire household could meet up with a friend, before then contradicting himself. (17 words)
With so many men stuck in a contradicting scenario of having societal privilege but at the same time feeling a permanent personal sense of inadequacy or failure, the cycle of toxic masculinity perpetuates and continues to harm and restrict all genders. (41 words)
The probe found that lockdowns “did more harm than good” and that mask mandates were “ineffective at controlling the spread of Covid-19,” contradicting other research showing that masking in public does reduce transmission rates. (35 words)
At the risk of contradicting a whole slew of experts, it might not be the screen time that is causing a spike in teenage suicides and self-harm, but what is on the screen. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ahead of Mediterranean storm Daniel, authorities gave contradicting messages.
He called 911 that night to report that he found his wife and son shot in the head, but cellphone evidence placed him at the scene, contradicting his statement.
Speculation over the fate of is rife as the Kremlin peddles out a mess of contradicting statements while remaining tight-lipped about the location of the Wagner chief.
The Biden Administration’s Department of Justice immediately appealed the decision, and a federal judge in Washington state issued a ruling Friday night directly contradicting Kacsmaryk’s.
Vietnam initially prohibited screenings of Barbie due to its depiction of China's territorial claims, and now Lebanon and Kuwait seek to ban the film for promoting homosexuality and contradicting religious values.
We’ve previously heard that include the dock for free, but the Amazon listing may be contradicting that.
With so many men stuck in a contradicting scenario of having societal privilege but at the same time feeling a permanent personal sense of inadequacy or failure, the cycle of toxic masculinity perpetuates and continues to harm and restrict all genders.
Democrats accused Republicans quoted or referred to in the account of making false claims and contradicting previous statements to damage Biden politically.
However, subsequent evaluations by Congress revealed that the F-22 program faced significant delays and budget overruns, contradicting the initial confidence in Lockheed's project management abilities.
How remarkable it is, then, that famous critics of transgenderism have been wildly contradicting themselves over the last few days.
In each of these cases, the cited webpage was just one click away from the homepage of the online pharmacy, apparently contradicting advice set out by the Standards Agency (ASA).
Instead, the research indicates that the mammoths may have experienced an improvement in their genetic health over time, contradicting the idea that inbreeding alone was a death sentence for the species.
None were mentioned by provincial authorities, contradicting the disaster department’s statement that wounded people had been found.
The probe found that lockdowns “did more harm than good” and that mask mandates were “ineffective at controlling the spread of Covid-19,” contradicting other research showing that masking in public does reduce transmission rates.
The school had argued that a religious institution has a right to fire any employee who they see as contradicting their beliefs, whether that person is a minister or not.
A Google spokesperson confirmed that the new policy will cover pages contradicting an “authoritative scientific consensus” on the coronavirus pandemic.
At the risk of contradicting a whole slew of experts, it might not be the screen time that is causing a spike in teenage suicides and self-harm, but what is on the screen.
At the same time, Mr. Pence has been an enabler, never contradicting the president’s many falsehoods and advancing some of his own about the administration’s handling of the crisis.
Atupele must be furious with Eastern Region police publicist Joseph Sauka for contradicting him.
Communities Secretary suggested that an entire household could meet up with a friend, before then contradicting himself.
Common combinations with contradicting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- contradicting the 18×
- contradicting his 6×
- and contradicting 5×
- for contradicting 5×
- of contradicting 4×
- is contradicting 4×
- contradicting her 4×
- contradicting statements 3×
- contradicting their 3×
- contradicting himself 3×