naysaying

Example Sentences

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That naysaying has gained much greater currency in recent years as California’s population has contracted for the first time in more than a century.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2024

Early naysaying that the film was too strange for older academy voters has proved wrong.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2023

A naysaying physical therapist, meanwhile, made her determined to surpass low expectations.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2022

"We are not the bear who said 'No'," Bennett said in an interview with Israel's Army Radio, referring to a popular naysaying character from children's literature.

From Reuters • Dec. 28, 2021

Logically speaking, a sentence with a naysaying word like not, no, neither, nor, or never is just the mirror image of an affirmative sentence.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker