In trial by immersion in water, the disputants dive into a pool, and he who can keep under water the longest is considered to be in the right.
The disputants join hands, thereby indicating to the kulam that their dispute should be decided by them.
Bilious disputants may deny that any can be great whom the world has not thought fit to canonise.
If two disputants define the same word in different ways, with each of the different attributes included in their several definitions they may bring in a fresh set of real propositions as to the agency or normal connection of that attribute.
Both disputants were at white heat; yet not a word was said by either which conveyed a reflection on character or motive.
It arose from an attempt to reconcile all the disputants under the Apostles' Creed.
As soon as it gained a hearing the disputantssaw that their arguments were no longer of value, that the ground of the discussion was altogether changed, and that the cause of faith must eventually triumph.
But the disputantscould not long continue to act together.
It was felt that perhaps humanity demanded the bringing together of the two disputants so that they personally might oppose their claims to one another.
The aim of the judges was to incite the disputants to continue their disputes instead of trying to pacify them.
It is assumed by all the disputants in the “De Finibus” as the foundation of the inquiry into the summum bonum, that “sapiens semper beatus est.
Nothing is more common than for theological disputants to appeal from the common translation of the Bible to what they call the original Greek and Hebrew.
Then one of the disputants let fall the marble and flashed his short knife against his opponent, who immediately dropped the plunder and seized the hand-axe in his girdle.
You shall decide," cried both disputants with one breath.
Let us put it to the vote, and let each of the disputants pledge himself to abide by the decision.
The old brigand here once more stepped between thedisputants and interfered.
Wallah thaib--it is well said," replied Mustapha, as the two disputants were removed from the presence.
I would you would hide your face from the tortured earth, and leave the rough elements to deal out even justice between the disputants in this great argument.
There are scores of more eloquent speakers, more nimble disputants than he, but there has been no one in our time with the same authority and finality of speech.
One of the disputants says: "You say to me that the Church of Rome is corrupt.
A low wall bounded the road on which the front of the two-storied shop abutted and several men of advanced years were leaning against it and giving silent audience to the disputants at the door.
By this time, the disputants were so warm as scarcely to notice the disappearance of the young man, the argument proceeding.
The war of words continued till past midnight, both disputants soon getting back to their pipes, carrying on the conflict amid a smoke that did no dishonour to such a well-contested field.
At the sound of his voice the disputants found theirs, or rather found themselves restored to command over human speech.
So much Halfman gathered from her jerky scraps of sentences; also, that on no account must the disputants be permitted to come to swords.
It is obvious that the disputants are at cross purposes; the object of writing poetry, according to the one, is to please a small circle of highly trained admirers by the display of technical skill.
But rarely did either of the disputants declare himself convinced or vanquished by his opponents' arguments the question [33] was left undecided or was referred by agreement to an arbitrator.
Disputants on these matters are regarded as insane, and are always sent to the mad-house, where they are doctored, until they recover their sound reason.
To refute these disputants it is only necessary to turn from their books to those of Voltaire and his contemporaries.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "disputants" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
