What part of speech is denying?

Denying can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. denying is a verb, gerund of deny (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does denying mean?

Definitions

Verb

deny - declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"
deny - refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"
deny - deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits"
deny - refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"
deny - refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"
deny - refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus"
deny - deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

Examples of denying

#   Sentence  
1. verb Throughout history, tyrants have known that by denying the right of oppressed peoples to form and nurture families, they can kill the spirit of those peoples.
2. verb The state may not favor the convictions of one religious group over another by denying individuals their fundamental right to marry and to have those marriages recognized by civil law.
3. verb Denying she was an anarchist, Katja maintained she wished only to make changes in our government, not to destroy it.
4. verb There is no denying the fact that smoking is harmful.
5. verb There is no denying that English is the most widely spoken language in the world.
6. verb There is no denying that the prisoner is guilty.
7. verb There is no denying the fact.
8. verb There is no denying the fact that no one is free from racial prejudice.
9. verb There's no denying his ability as a pitcher, but he is rather injury-prone.
10. verb There is no denying that he is clever.
11. verb There is no denying that she is very efficient.
12. verb She is denying herself sweets because of her diet.
13. verb There's no denying the harmful effects of smoking.
14. verb I’m not denying that that happened, but one example doesn’t count as evidence.
15. verb I'm not denying it happened, but one example can't be called proof.
Sentence  
verb
Throughout history, tyrants have known that by denying the right of oppressed peoples to form and nurture families, they can kill the spirit of those peoples.
The state may not favor the convictions of one religious group over another by denying individuals their fundamental right to marry and to have those marriages recognized by civil law.
Denying she was an anarchist, Katja maintained she wished only to make changes in our government, not to destroy it.
There is no denying the fact that smoking is harmful.
There is no denying that English is the most widely spoken language in the world.
There is no denying that the prisoner is guilty.
There is no denying the fact.
There is no denying the fact that no one is free from racial prejudice.
There's no denying his ability as a pitcher, but he is rather injury-prone.
There is no denying that he is clever.
There is no denying that she is very efficient.
She is denying herself sweets because of her diet.
There's no denying the harmful effects of smoking.
I’m not denying that that happened, but one example doesn’t count as evidence.
I'm not denying it happened, but one example can't be called proof.

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