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Example sentences for "disabuse"

Lexicographically close words:
disable; disabled; disablement; disables; disabling; disabused; disaccord; disadvantage; disadvantaged; disadvantageous
  1. Do you think it is not possible, by the interposition of friends, to disabuse your unfortunate husband?

  2. If this does not remove all doubt of her conduct in Arnold, as well as in the rest of the world, my pains have been to little purpose; and I know no other human means that can be used to disabuse the mad credulity of that man.

  3. Almahide is, I think, more readable than Ibrahim; but the English reader must disabuse himself of the idea (if he entertains it) that he will find much of the original of The Conquest of Granada.

  4. I could find in my heart to lift up my mask, and disabuse you.

  5. Every opening should have been seized to disabuse the minds of Europeans, a jury to which we have hitherto had no access, although condemned by it.

  6. The malignant industry of our enemies in propagating these monstrous slanders, compels us, therefore, to pause at the outset of the discussion, to rebut them, and disabuse the minds of readers.

  7. It was Livingstone's first work to disabuse his mind of these expectations, and let him understand that his supreme object was to teach them the way of salvation through Jesus Christ.

  8. Even her condemnation did not wholly disabuse her dupes.

  9. What was said upon that topic was certainly intended for the north side of the Potomac and Ohio; to the people, then, of that division of the Union, I wish to address myself, and to disabuse them of some erroneous impressions.

  10. I can tell you what, Miss Afy, the sooner you disabuse your mind of that prejudice, the better.

  11. Let me disabuse her," interrupted Richard, his pale lips working as he started up.

  12. It will disabuse his mind of the notion that he has any claim on me.

  13. It took only one interview to disabuse Bruce's mind of any faint, sneaking idea he may have had that he was doing Capital a favor for which it would duly thank him.

  14. Opportunity might then have been afforded to disabuse their ignorance and convince them of our innocence.

  15. He took no pains to disabuse the popular mind on this particular, but rather encouraged the belief than otherwise.

  16. Towards the close of the sixteenth century, many learned men, both on the continent and in the isles of Britain, had endeavoured to disabuse the public mind on this subject.

  17. If he knew it, and suffered it to be, certainly he permitted it, because he willed it should be so; and why may he not determine that in his holy counsel which his wisdom can disabuse to the most glorious end that can be?

  18. Like dogs barking at the moon, they shall be so far from attaining their purpose, that his majesty shall disabuse them, so to speak, to his own purpose.

  19. To put a lock upon your fiance'e's neck and arm, foretells that you are distrustful of her fidelity, but future episodes will disabuse your mind of doubt.

  20. To dream you lose your way, warns you to disabuse your mind of lucky speculations, as your enterprises threaten failure unless you are painstaking in your management of affairs.

  21. If she intrudes on the privacy of her husband or lover, she will disabuse some one's confidence, if not careful of her conversation.

  22. The Cardinal instructed him, accordingly, that he was to disabuse all men of the impression that the Spanish inquisition was to be introduced into the provinces.

  23. Granvelle begged the King, however, to disabuse them upon this point.

  24. He had been compelled to endure the various moods of Bucholz with patience and equanimity and to endeavor to disabuse his mind of frequent-recurring doubts.

  25. Those persons were mostly from the south, and it was to disabuse the public mind on this subject, that our meeting was held.

  26. He hoped that their conduct on the present occasion would disabuse that gentleman's mind of any unfavorable opinion he might entertain of them on that score.

  27. Pray disabuse your mind, Harley, of all such thoughts as that!

  28. I saw she was very anxious to disabuse me of the belief that I must necessarily be what, in myself, I had always held myself ready to become, and I laughed her quite to scorn.

  29. Nothing happens, therefore, to disabuse the conviction that love in its purest form is sexless.

  30. No doubt he ought to, but any preparatory schoolmaster will disabuse you on that point.

  31. I did not disabuse him of his good opinion of us.


  32. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "disabuse" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    awaken; correct; disabuse; disappoint; disenchant; disillusion; enlighten; expose; resolve