flat denial

It was unusual for anyone to start off with a flat denial of guilt.

From that point on, her answers were either shrugs or flat denials of knowledge.

Where ever we can, point to flat denial.

There's no way to get around that flat denial, even with the independent counsel's addition of the word "explicitly."

If he made a flat denial, it could be considered that he was calling the man a liar.

A typical case will involve a flat denial" of something like a Bible group's request to meet, he said.

Saudi Arabia has consistently responded with a flat denial.

It was pointless to issue a flat denial.

Sam knew better than to offer a flat denial, there was more intelligence or perception in that room than might have been evident at first.

"I don't believe you," Hill said in a voice which was intended to be a flat denial but sounded more like a hopeful plea.

To be met with anything but a flat denial on the part of the poisoner I need a bit of material proof.

Amadiro, if necessary, should have made a flat denial.

Ms Sheehy says she received a flat denial of any impropriety.

The flat denial came not from Burkitt, but from someone behind him who had just entered.

Responses from the leaders at the conference included a flat denial that penalties should be considered to a guarded refusal to rule out those possibilities.

She took refuge in flat denial.

Flat denial: "That simply is not true."

One or other of them drafted a statement which was a flat denial that he had misbehaved either sexually or politically.

In the courtroom, the defense lawyers have met such allegations with flat denials and differing explanations of what the complex financial records prove.

In spite of his certainty he had almost hoped for a flat denial, even for some proof that he was mistaken.

A flat denial."

But in a meeting with foreign journalists a week ago, Mr. Nakasone, now 88, issued a flat denial.

The players, along with former manager Terry Francona, issued flat denials via the team's website.

But the First Mark shook his head in flat denial, and Elena said, "This is not the weather of storms."

A flat denial might silence Gwenellen and Tom Lofthouse.