Use "gainsaying" in a sentence

1. She opened her mouth to scream and, at once, strong hands that brooked no gainsaying picked her up and held her tight

2. There is no gainsaying the fact that a very unfavorable construction would have been put upon the circumstance if the two women had gone without escort, while the addition of a third, in the person of her mother's admitted lover, enabled Mademoiselle Danglars to defy malice and ill-nature

3. There was no gainsaying this difficulty, and we relinquished all thoughts of pursuing Orlick at that time