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How to use the word prove in a Sentence?

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[W]e made a great mistake in the beginning of our struggle, and I fear, in spite of all we can do, it will prove to be a fatal mistake. We appointed all our worst generals to command our armies, and all our best generals to edit the newspapers.

Robert E. Lee

added by Normando
5 months ago

Everything is temporary. You only have one life to live. Remove the things that no longer serve your life purpose. Do not to prove yourself to anyone. The right people will accept and embrace you, regardless of your imperfections. At this stage in life, fall in love with taking good care of yourself.

Tristain Shury

added by choozenboy
6 months ago

The truth is nothing more than something that you can prove happened.

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes

added by tonyradio
9 months ago

I’ve had young athletes I’ve had to talk to about this. You have nothing to prove. Tell them how you actually feel and never lie about your symptoms. Pushing through because you don’t want them to think you’re weak is the worst thing you can do, i am a gold medalist, and I struggle with that. So I can’t imagine a high school kid – they’re just starting the path, chasing the dream. And they don’t want their coach to think they’re weak, or their parents or their teammates.

Helen Maroulis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In order to prove it we’d have to carry out more analysis on different individuals.

Elisa Guerra-Doce

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’m not saying there isn’t a hint of what the other crime is, but when you have this weird local statute – in which to prove one crime, you have to show he intended to commit another – you think you’d be very specific.

Robert Kelner

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I hope it doesn’t stray too far from the original plan, where they could prove the harm. The harm was in housing and in redlining.

Kimberly Holmes-Ross

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Many students fail examinations not because they don't know anything but because they lack confidence to prove that they know anything or everything.” ― Asuni LadyZeal

Asuni LadyZeal

added by asuniladyzeal
1 year ago

We – journalists, management teams, organizations – are primed to back down, even apologize, to prove how journalistically fair we are being.

Emily Maitlis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

While Mary is driving the bus, the AHC community is working together to support the effort, if Mary – and Henry – can prove that an ASO works in an AHC patient, they will be providing a tremendous service to the entire community.

Nina Frost

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If Mary – and Henry – can prove that an ASO works in an AHC patient, they will be providing a tremendous service to the entire community, mary is taking on an incredible burden of risk, and much of the burden of cost, for Henry but also on behalf of the other patients in our community.

Nina Frost

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I hate our Decision Desk people! And pollsters! Some of the same people I think. Just for the hell of it still praying for Az to prove them wrong!.

Rupert Murdoch

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We will explore all legal and peaceful options to reclaim our mandate. We won the election and we will prove it to Nigerians, this election did not meet the minimum standard expected of a free, transparent, credible and fair election.

Peter Obi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They turned over every stone. And I think they ultimately made a decision that they didn’t have evidence to prove a crime, and I know critics think that the congressman somehow bought it off or somehow used his power, but I found (federal prosecutor) Todd (Gee) very responsible. He was very organized. He had evidence that he believed that he was following, and they made a determination that they weren’t going to charge.

Attorney Tim Jansen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They’re still unimaginably high from the perspective of two or three years ago, and that getting the rest of the way back to target inflation may still prove to be quite difficult.

Larry Summers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Partisan critics of Georgia’s elections described our processes and security measures as ‘ Jim Crow 2.0 ’ designed to ‘ suppress ’ voters and ‘ subvert ’ elections, but record-breaking midterm voter turnout, minimal voter wait times and an overwhelming majority of voters approving of how our election went prove that Georgia voters see through those lies. They know that Georgia elections are safe, secure and accessible to every legal voter.

Brad Raffensperger

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The EU and the US would be happy to see a post-Erdogan Turkey, such an outcome would prove that Turkey is still a democracy and could create hope for a honeymoon with the West.

Omer Taspinar

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If you wish to upset the law that all crows are black, you mustn't seek to show that no crows are; it is enough if you prove one single crow to be white.

William James

added by JokerGem
1 year ago

He has not yet been declared missing, presumed dead, but I know in my heart that he has gone, however sibling rivalry being what it is, it would be just like him to walk out of there and prove me wrong.

Julian Sands

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Another month and another effort from DHS to hinder transparency with the American people. It’s no surprise we get our most important information from DHS on a Friday after dark, the Southwest border is an unmitigated disaster and these monthly encounter numbers from DHS prove just that.

Mark Green

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We do have hope he’s alive because there hasn’t been any evidence to prove otherwise, it’s possible that he wanted to go off the grid and he’s in a manic state, it’s possible that he was unwillingly kidnapped. It’s possible that he drowned. If somebody said to you, your child probably died, would you just accept that and move on? That’s not something we can do.

John Danian

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Because my grandfather, from what I can tell, could not prove that his parents owned or his grandparents owned any property at the time of the massacre, I’m assuming that’s why his application was denied.

Jonathan Barry-Blocker

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Georgia's election laws strike an appropriate balance between election security and voter convenience, we saw record voter turnout in 2022, extremely high voter turnout for a midterm election, at levels that prove claims of voter suppression are just as trumped up as claims of stolen elections.

Brad Raffensperger

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I don’t think anyone thought they needed proof that this was happening, then again, we also shouldn’t need a death certificate to prove someone’s suicide.

Candace Adams

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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