“No architects have ever attempted seriously to controvert this proposition.”

“It has sparked quite the controversy, for lack of anything better to controvert over.”

“If it is a factual question, although it can be received here, Mr Jackson would be entitled to attempt to controvert it if he could.”

“There is nothing here that controverts a finding which is the barest minimum finding to sustain the charge.”

“As this claim in itself controverts the idea of a constitutional and parliamentary democracy as the Venice Commission sees it, this can hardly be an argument against its findings, as summarised below.”

“If the evidence used to reach a conclusion is later controverted, can the conclusion itself still be correct?”

“In such cases, the earlier acquittal would not be controverted by a guilty verdict on the second.”

“The creeds make no claims on us, for as soon as they become controverted, the judges stated, they cease to have authority.”

“There sounded from somewhere in the house a shrill little cry, arresting his thought, and controverting it without a syllable.”

“I am not controverting your decision about the stocks, though I think your imagination, as you say, is to blame.”

“The vixen falls into a hole which she does not see, so bent is she on controverting her husband.”