Explore Refuted through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Refuted meaning
simple past and past participle of refute
Using Refuted
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of refute
- In the example corpus, refuted often appears in combinations such as: refuted the, has refuted, refuted claims.
Context around Refuted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Refuted
- In this selection, "refuted" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, duve, bailey, chief, claims, rumours and ben stand out and add context to how "refuted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include been strongly refuted and buster has refuted any involvement. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "refuted" sits close to words such as addictive, braking and commodore, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with refuted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, evidence refuted that theory. (5 words)
Buster has refuted any involvement with his former classmate, either romantically or in his death. (15 words)
He also refuted any claims the Liberal Democrats and Labour had any formal or informal electoral pacts. (17 words)
Mr Kean's office have refuted claims made by event organisers NSW Farmers that the state's energy boss pulled out of the Wednesday night event - the final in a series of themed debates held in regional centres - at the last minute. (42 words)
CR7 has refuted the claims, stating, “As nobody knows, I can say now I had many opportunities in Europe, many clubs in Brazil, Australia, the US, even in Portugal, many clubs tried to sign me,” during his unveiling at Al Nassr. (41 words)
After being spotted at the same Miami hotel last year, Migos rapper Quavo and Chloe Bailey have been rumored to be an item, but Bailey refuted the speculation while speaking to Latto on her new Apple “777 Radio” podcast. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Duve refuted the relationship and the two drove to Tongogara Airbase at around 2pm to confront Mangwenjere who also refuted the relationship.
After being spotted at the same Miami hotel last year, Migos rapper Quavo and Chloe Bailey have been rumored to be an item, but Bailey refuted the speculation while speaking to Latto on her new Apple “777 Radio” podcast.
Agriculture Minister Pearnel Charles Junior has refuted the claim that local onion farmers cannot market their products because of an inpouring of imported onions.
Buster has refuted any involvement with his former classmate, either romantically or in his death.
Chairman subsequently went public on two occasions to claim that Moore's exit was down to his financial demands - something that the former Owls chief refuted in an interview.
Claims that leading councillors in Wokingham 'tried to hide' where the £1.96m for changes to weekly bin collections will come from have been strongly refuted.
CR7 has refuted the claims, stating, “As nobody knows, I can say now I had many opportunities in Europe, many clubs in Brazil, Australia, the US, even in Portugal, many clubs tried to sign me,” during his unveiling at Al Nassr.
During her comments, Espinoza refuted claims by some previous speakers that the sex ed curriculum “teaches anal sex” to students.
During the interviews Hussein refuted some examples of what he viewed as myths, including his purported use of body doubles.
Earlier, Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Sanusi Abubakar confirmed the death of one person due to congestion after the PDP presidential campaign rally and refuted rumours in circulation that five persons died.
He also refuted any claims the Liberal Democrats and Labour had any formal or informal electoral pacts.
However, evidence refuted that theory.
However, Revivo refuted Ben Gvir’s claim that the visit took place in response to nationalist incidents in the city, rather than criminal ones.
However this was refuted by the plaintiff's lawyer Derek Sells who accused Rosebrock of victim blaming and attempting to 'rewrite history'.
In his latest clarification, Soludo refuted claims that he had been contracted to “assassinate” the former governor of Anambra state.
Khloe fiercely refuted the sexist idea and questioned why society frequently places the blame on women while absolving men of accountability.
Mr Kean's office have refuted claims made by event organisers NSW Farmers that the state's energy boss pulled out of the Wednesday night event - the final in a series of themed debates held in regional centres - at the last minute.
Newcastle United loanee Isaac Hayden has refuted claims he can cut his Standard Liege move short next month.
Oleh Zhdanov, in an interview on YouTube, refuted claims that Bakhmut was about to be encircled by the Russian forces.
Paltrow also refuted claims by Sanderson that she had skied off and ignored rules to share contact information with another party after an accident.
Common combinations with refuted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: