dispel

Example Sentences

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The report also dispels a common view that guns are mainly owned by rural residents.

From BBC

"I worked so hard to dispel that all my life and here I was being accused of it."

From BBC

As with most holiday-related rituals, digging into the history of the yule log as a TV tradition dispels some of its mystical wonder, revealing its origin in desperate necessity.

From Salon

“Selena brought us all together, and it cemented her legacy in a positive way. All the negativity was dispelled by that movie. You see that in the film and you feel it.”

From Los Angeles Times

The news aims to dispel a cloud of uncertainty over the House of Windsor, which was rocked by a double cancer diagnosis last year.

From The Wall Street Journal