"Saddam Hussein can now be expected to begin another round of empty concessions, transparently false denials," the president said.

Sour grapes is the false denial of desire for something sought but not acquired; to denigrate and feign disdain for that which one could not attain.

No whining, no pouting, no false denials.

The application would lead to an investigation of his activities; his false denial of betting on the Reds and his gambling with the mob.

She had a sudden cruel memory of his false denial, 'There really is no one else, you know.'

Instead, reporters and editors allowed him to wave them off with breezy contempt and false denials on those occasions they did ask questions.

Edwards had earlier made false denials of the affair which was first reported on in the Enquirer.

He called false denials "deception and deflection."

The prosecutor should submit an information bewailing his witness difficulties in fingering sources in false denial, but showing why no major national-security crime had been committed.

They contended that Basic had defrauded them by issuing false denials in 1977 and 1978 that it was holding merger negotiations with any other company.