How to Use dispel in a Sentence

dispel

verb
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  • This report should dispel any doubts you have about the plan.
  • The experience dispelled some of our fears about the process.
  • She made an official statement to dispel any rumors about her retirement.
  • The effect is not to dispel the clichés of Lana-dom but to deepen them.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The ominous overtones can’t dispel the series’s lush appeal, though.
    — Vogue, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The flames of the menorah shine out into the night, reminding us that even when confronted with much darkness, a tiny light can dispel it all.
    — Rabbi Moishe Kievman, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • One remote tourist destination is trying to dispel those concerns.
    — Lindsey McGinnis, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Pain can also occur when the body recognizes a tumor in the uterus as abnormal and starts to cramp up in an effort to dispel it, Dr. Soliman explains.
    — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 21 Oct. 2021
  • This dispels the ghost, but immediately Agatha (Kathryn Hahn) begins to absorb Alice’s powers.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The faint beams of our phones did little to dispel the dark.
    — William J. Broad George Etheredge, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Now, Democrats can dispel the fog between their ears and chart a new path.
    — Eugene Robinson, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
  • Niemann has offered to play the game naked to dispel his doubters.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The 95th Academy Awards show sure helped dispel the bad odor of the past few years.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2023
  • While all these tactics can help dispel gloom, the best tip might be the most basic.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The rally, in the South Bronx, was choreographed to dispel this notion.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • So that’s the first idea to dispel, that boom times are easy sailing for solo GPs.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2024
  • His lawyers argued the gag order should have been dispelled with the end of his trial.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Time to dispel a myth: Sports staffers do not accept free tickets to games.
    — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2022
  • He’s tried to dispel that notion, which is a little like trying to hold back the ocean with a screen door.
    — Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2022
  • On the other side of the glass, Kenan Thompson dispels some of Carla Jean's white lies.
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The guys try dispel the myth that sharks are man-eating beasts through extreme challenges.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 11 July 2022
  • But what Banchero has shown so far doesn't dispel the question marks that followed him into the draft.
    — Rahat Huq, Chron, 11 July 2022
  • And that control is key to both dispelling fears and embracing A.I. at work.
    — Jared Spataro, Fortune, 11 May 2023
  • Till, in its own way, attempts to dispel that notion too.
    — Robert Daniels, Time, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Lehman also sought to dispel the narrative that the gun belonged to the shooter.
    — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Watching the trees start to grow helped to dispel some of the skepticism that farmers across the region still have.
    — Manuela Andreoni Victor Moriyama, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • But the judge ruled that was not enough to dispel the notion that the show was asserting a factual claim.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The Gray Man actor took to his own Instagram to dispel the notion.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 11 July 2022
  • The Cleveland Clinic even asked a doctor to dispel the rumor.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Here, two ob-gyns explain what a Pap smear entails and dispel some common misconceptions about the potentially life-saving test.
    — Chantelle Lee, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024

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