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Sentence Examples But cities have other dimensions that defy the calm logic and systematization of this approach. He braced his shaking body against the wall and forced his legs to defy gravity and support him one last time. Dennis is himself an assistant scoutmaster whose troop has vowed to defy the ban. Feature films invite us to defy reality, believe a fiction, suspend disbelief. The character watches holographic video scenes of his son with reproduction quality so ridiculously crude that they defy belief. I do not deny that there are patients with chronic abdominal pain and altered bowel habit that defy analysis. I defy any red-blooded person to remain dry-eyed at the final moments of the piece. The two were jailed for refusing to give undertakings that they would not defy a court order, by taking part in blockades of refuse lorries. One wonders how many of Sharp's critics today would be prepared to sink their own prejudices and defy political correctness in order to do so. A gossip that could defy the very elements of mathematical reasoning behind an expression left unconquered by the masses in question. Secret formulae are invented to create inks to print, in multifarious shades of colour, on specially calibrated paper, to defy counterfeit. To no apparent end they go straight ahead, engaging in haphazard, unmotivated acts that defy society's rules. My sister frequently demands queenly treatment, but her latest examples defy believability. Garlicky melted Brie with pineapple chunks might sound slightly freaky but we defy you to resist another mouthful. I have spent the past three weeks filming breeze-block houses that defy gravity. Most objections to same-sex marriage seem to be rooted in religious faith or prejudice and defy proof or disproof. In the first part of the second half both sides had to defy the elements of wind and rain storms. These numbers defy uniformitarian mechanisms and are much more consistent with a diluvial mechanism. For all the miraculous technology of spectroscopic analysis, there are mysteries here which will defy resolution for some time to come. Smell may be the most evocative of the five senses but I defy you to find any in news stories, even the food pages. Show More Sentences These archetypes defy history and adapt to local conditions in order to live on. Despite the growth of science and its certitudes, there are things that defy a scientific explanation, she maintains. Some human right organisations tried to defy the whip on September 21, but they were terrorised by the strong-arm tactics of the upper castes. The practice of politics is based on rigid orthodoxies that defy empirical testing. Or do they pretend not to defy him, while secretly preparing to put one over on him? These concepts may continue to stagger the imagination, but they no longer defy it. A woman who dared defy this tradition was despised by her family for staining the reputation of her in-laws. He would neither pointlessly defy nor helplessly flee the real monsters of his upbringing. Illegal occupants of local authority houses in Portlaoise will defy Laois County Council's efforts to evict them. Pundits say Drobac is a long shot at best, but the cash-strapped challenger vows to defy the oddsmakers. It was like a hang-glider, carried aloft by currents of warm air, coming to believe it could defy gravity forever. When the officials weren't hindering them, the laws of physics appeared to defy the Italians. In order to achieve a world record and generate a stunning effect, we defy great risks, even hazarding our lives. His what-you-see-is-what-you-get authenticity seemed to defy Wall Street norm, leaving those eager to pigeonhole him at a loss. The odd sculptures he made in his final decades continue to defy categorization or placement in any firm art-historical niche. To defy a High Court deportation order, he took sanctuary in the Church of the Ascension. The best one can say at the moment, of both countries, is that they defy generalization. What was more, I was determined to defy the frigidity of my race, that ancient shameful legacy of inhibition. He vows to defy the logic of time and arrange the course of history according to his liking. As a whole, however, the willingness to defy convention in terms of their status as an indie pop group, is a large step forward for the band. Show More Sentences The USA continues to defy the odds by holding on to their slender lead in their Chess Summit match against China. Augustine is a protean thinker, a man whose major works range so widely as to defy the summary and commentary we can present for Athanasius. To think that an intensification will improve things is so absurd as to defy analysis. Their increasing need for independence may make kids want to defy their parents' wishes or instructions as a way of asserting their independence. Matt has recently purchased some new hardware, and there are days when I would defy you to find anything smarter or more amusing anywhere. I defy anyone to show me a story saying he had a great victory in the State. It's just so infectiously fun, and we defy anyone who hears this amazing album not to play air guitar the instant they hear these tracks. If he is granted permission, many soldiers would think it all right to defy orders. But they should not defy the managers of the State if they feel their actions are within the ambit of the law. As a bishop, she is pledged to uphold church law and file charges against pastors who openly defy it. But I defy you to watch the film and not turn away, or at least feel genuine revulsion, at several points. There may be exceptions, but I defy anyone to prove me wrong on this point. This enables one to control various energies and seemingly defy the laws of nature. He enslaved the Congolese in their homeland, subjecting them to forced labor, and meting out inhuman treatment on those who dared defy him. The effect has been to institutionalize a process that, by its very nature, seems to defy institutionalization. I defy the most cynical not to be struck dumb by the character parade, which comes to life to the tune of the Nutcracker ballet. There is a lightsomeness about its gaudy exterior that seems to defy gravity. At the end of the film he learns to confront his mother, defy his family and find his own gay way. His words created ripples of awe among the Senators, but none dare defy his decision. We all have certain silly tunes that linger in our memory but defy identification. Show More Sentences There are stories based on historical fact, classic works of fiction which are so archetypal in their plots that they seem to defy reality. I wasn't exactly introduced as the oddball who believes house prices can continue to defy gravity, but I was a lone voice. They defy the laws of nature and have no respect for the lives that are destroyed by them. That's why scientists were shocked to spot an insect with wings that seem to defy the forces of nature. They give awards to sites that mostly, by their very nature, defy categorisation. Almost universally in families, there are strong feelings of attachment to one another that defy logical explanation. In order to defy revolutionaries, it is a vital necessity to restore normality as quickly as possible. The emerging malpractices and general chicanery of these cash-driven outfits defy belief. A 30-year-old Masai, says she suffered 13 years of abuse before deciding to defy tradition and take her husband to court. He's so funny, and so purely charismatic here as to defy adequate description. Unless and until we make such a decision the law should be enforced against those individuals who openly defy it whether here or abroad. The biggest problem was how to compress those factory mainsprings that defy attempts at compression. An unadorned stairway in ferroconcrete seems to defy gravity as it corkscrews up, without supports, from a marble floor. Each successive classification of salivary neoplasia holds space for malignancies that defy these classification schemata. Moreover, goods and services in early growth stages defy analysis in terms of efficient frontiers and indifference curves. Jellies are everywhere in sizes and shapes that defy description, their bodies radiant ripples of photophores. These scolds may defy common sense, but they're still worthy of attention because they represent the consensus among the profession's elite. If the bishop is the final word on governance in his diocese, then he can openly defy the Pope in matters of governance. But the establishment refuses to defy its campaign donors in the pharmaceutical industry. And the masses also defy all caste and communal barriers on such crucial junctions and vote to restore social and national health. Show More Sentences A general strike of workers saw militant pickets defy the law and shut down major industrial and transport centres. Kerry Lads, another recent course winner, is fancied to defy top-weight in the Hamilton Campbell Handicap. Tyler spoke in a quiet, menacing voice, his tone threatening anyone who dared defy him. Fortresses of this era employed cleverly designed bastions and walls to defy storming by enemy troops and survive bombardment by enemy cannon. I defy anyone to provide hard, real-life evidence which would contradict the details of Glen's conception and birth as depicted in these movies. The new building certainly looks extraordinary, collapsing in on itself, in folds and twists which defy the eye. They defy the myth of public sector pen-pushers meddling in business affairs they know nothing about. The minority of settlers that chose to defy the ultimatums knew that the government meant business. I defy you to picture the scene without making the obvious mental leap. There are some family traditions, however, that defy locavore limits. Americans built a fighter, the P-51, with aerodynamics that seemed to defy the laws of physics. She seemed to defy gravity throughout the dance, standing on the tips of the rubber and carbon fiber feet. At the same time, he is torn by his affection for the Old Guard, the players who have provided sterling service, but who can only defy Father Time for so long. He provides incontrovertible proof of his ability to defy his accusers. Saying so is to make a statement so obvious as to defy the need for citation. The systemic challenges facing billions of women in the developing world defy easy, clickable solutions. Although they were often defeated, the Spanish armies continued to defy the French, while Spanish guerrillas held down large numbers of French troops. Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al Qaeda, specifically called on French Muslims to defy the ban. The Simpsons really does defy all expectations in terms of the normal lifespan. The man who once seemed to defy death entirely has held onto his reputation and accolades long after succumbing to his mortality. Show More Sentences In the comics, find examples of things that defy the laws of nature. The leader will this week defy his growing band of critics within the government and the country by publicly restating his intention to stay in power until the next election. A year previously, Gandhi had launched the Salt Satyagraha, which mobilised hundreds of thousands of Indians to defy colonial laws and ask for an end to colonial rule. Geronimo was the last renegade, the last man to defy the continent-straddling power of the American nation. Although separation would not take place at this stage, it had not been ruled out as a possibility should the twins defy the odds and survive, he added. I also conveyed our deep regret over the tendency of some Australian officials to continue to defy the policies by assailing the policies of other countries. The small North Yorkshire trainer saddles recent Doncaster winner Inn At The Top, who, on his favourite ground, can successfully defy a 3lb penalty. In fact, the Bucs are willing to occasionally defy conventional thinking by tabbing players considered too small to succeed in the NFL if they had good college careers. Suddenly, we were told, single women everywhere could order made-to-measure designer babies and infertile couples could defy the laws of nature and have healthy children. He could not openly defy his brother Pluto, since they were divine equals, but he magically provided Persephone with a secret escape clause to her marriage vow. As if to defy the Depression, newspapers put a premium on cleverness, challenging readers with ballades and triolets, rhyming versions of operas, travelogues in verse. He used that training to defy our trust, to indiscriminately and systematically harm the United States. He seems to defy political typecasting, reveling in the role of maverick. It would be suicidal to defy the central bank in shorting the bond market. The Waterford publicans, who have signified their intention to defy the ban, are following in the footsteps of their colleagues in Kerry, Cork, Donegal and Wexford. Though he is often celebrated as the American father of Protestant liberalism, Horace Bushnell's biography and writing defy the categories of theological typology. I will continue to defy the pc police, who have tried in many cases to shut me up. His sculptures misbehave, they defy convention, they turn utilitarian objects and practical actions into outlandish things involving wonder and humor. The poem's breathless momentum and brio defy ironical posturing. While it may be tempting to blame these killings on some extreme form of sibling rivalry, most cases of fratricide or sororicide defy such a simplistic explanation. Show More Sentences The surprise announcement by the local vintners that they would defy the new law has generated a media frenzy both locally, nationally and even internationally. The idea of normcore is to defy teenage rebellion and dress to blend in. Various strategies are devised to arrest or fragment its ongoingness, and to retrieve or redeem moments that seem to stand outside time or otherwise defy it. This highly popular spy show still continues to defy easy categorization. What are your favorite styles or pieces of clothing that defy trends? Climb to the top of the Empire State Building, swallow-dive into an elegant free-fall, and defy gravity with a judiciously timed web just before you hit the ground. A sweeping curve seems to defy what a golf shot should be able to do. Like the baboons, the ibex had somehow learned to defy the odds. I must admit I was inclined to think so but having experienced the Cirque Dreams phenomenon I can tell you truthfully that it does, indeed, defy description. Nature's transitions often defy our best attempts at classification, and besides, the enormous dam in front of us had changed this land inestimably. Today the structures defy time to tell the story of gallantry, courage and tragedy of the bygone era and its story of survival in the harsh Thar Dessert. These true stories of dark doings, loose ends, and unexplained terror keep us up at night, defy all reason, and scare the living daylights out of us. If great novels defy categorization, then in the game of literary gentrification, which writers can transcend genre while still employing its tropes, and which cannot? The massive scale of California's dominant geomorphic feature, covering several climatic zones, would seem to defy attempts at anything more than such a cursory examination. The Union not only refused to defy the court order but has not asked other unions to ban the metal products factory or call for wider industrial action by its own members. The predaceous diving beetle seems to defy the rules of nature. Despite these troubling warnings, we were determined to defy nature. I defy you to wear one for a day and not get stopped, so beware! There are innumerable bends that I defy anyone who has any passion whatsoever for motorcycling to be able to ride without making contact between knee slider and tarmac! I defy anyone to find the actual hokey-pokey in that sequence. Show More Sentences I would defy anyone to keep coming up with something different because it's really difficult, but to do the same thing bores me and I won't lay that on the public. And in Belle de Jour and Hustle, Deneuve depicts two diametrically opposed versions of the world's oldest profession, both of which defy conventional interpretations. The possessors want to stop the proliferators, and the proliferators want to defy them as well as ask them to get rid of their own mountainous nuclear arsenals. It is a career that will defy all propriety, convention, and logic. There were juggling acts that seemed to defy the laws of physics, entrancing Spanish musicians using their feet and weights attached to ropes to create a hypnotic rhythm. Famous magicians excel in the use of stage doubles and even twins, in order to get spectacular results that seem to defy the laws of the universe. With the pregame prayer, the school district appeared to defy the Supreme Court ruling banning such activity before games. A course winner last time, the John Coleman-trained Hoochie Mama might defy a 7lb. Asuras and Rakshasas have power to assume various shapes and defy the rules of nature. The forward ruse, the bright air reflected in water, the calling features all defy lazy song in astriction and flick away the cumulus. Grannen is an album of by the band Frigg that dares to defy modern stereotypes of Finnish music as slow-paced, moody and melancholy. The Jim Bolger-trained Flight Risk sprang a 50-1 surprise to lead home 33-1 shot Piri Wango and defy a high of 100 in running on Betfair. In this movie, we have animatronic velociraptors and CG velociraptors in the same shot and I defy anyone to tell the difference. Coolbythepool can defy a 6lb penalty for a Beverley victory last Wednesday in the Salmanazar Handicap. Researchers believe the Pycnogenol helped defy a major side effect of antihypertensive medication. Valdensian communities took to the mountains of Savoy, and would defy the authorities in the best Burgundian manner for centuries. That, of course, is the same position taken by those southern governors who attempted to defy federal court orders during an earlier era. After the Whigs' decisive victory in the 1831 election, some speculated that opponents would abstain, rather than openly defy the public will. Both are dressed head-to-toe in Technicolor outfits that defy description. Omnify the disputed point into a transcendent, and you may defy the opponent to lay hold of it. Show More Sentences But I defy anyone not to laugh at the opening sequence which features a coffin being squeakily jacked up ready to be slid into a burner. Dinner entrees help Veritas defy stereotyping, such as German sauerbraten and Spanish-style Churrasco steak with rice and beans on the same menu. On another front, Cosimo's relentless persecution of sodomitical acts also led Cellini to defy him openly. Big Sam's main talent is keepy-uppy but he would have to defy gravity to keep Sunderland up. Sulla urged his legions to defy the assembly's orders and accept him as their rightful leader. From the ashes of war, through blood feuds and divided loyalties, a young squire will rise to defy England's king. This trait of phrasal verbs is also what makes them interesting for linguists, since they appear to defy the principle of compositionality. However, Kelly did find himself in the winner's circle when Almond Willow got up to defy Hawkit in the extended mile maiden auction stakes. Following the crackdown, no one in the country dared to defy the king and John saw no further conspiracies during his reign. Ibibio Sound System showcased an African and electric carnival to defy the rain clouds. In contrast to individuating or modernizing Islamists in Snow who defy popular stereotypes, Pamuk's depiction of hard-line secularists is caricatural. The auctorial voice may choose a number of different ways to make itself heard, but it cannot be wise and defy the cultural continuities into which its life has been woven. Emma Baker's Arquebusier made all to defy a 7lb penalty for winning at Fontwell last week when holding Georgieshore by a head in the Waltham On The Wolds Handicap Hurdle. Thus, Flora will defy Waverley but not Fergus to any significant extent, and has some room to manoeuvre, even though limited, only after the latter's death. There are a number of offshore islands that defy easy classification. Stalin suspected a possibility that these Eastern Bloc countries might defy Soviet directives not to accept the aid, potentially causing a loss of control of the Eastern Bloc. They defy logic, not being subject to the rules of the real world. Land of mystery and enchantment, continent of contrast and extremes, where adventure awaits those who dare to defy convention and choose to trod the unfamiliar path. We might as well dispute with Dimock on a Coronation Day, as argue with these Writers. They strut, vapour, throw down the Gauntlet, and defy us to take it up. In 2014, Canon Jeremy Pemberton married Laurence Cunnington, thus becoming the first priest in the Church of England to defy the church's ban on the marriage of gay clergy. Show More Sentences Control of castles allowed the nobles to defy kings or other overlords. These posturers and blusterers wouldn't dare defy the will of Europe. This encouraged other Convention members to also defy Robespierre. There is substance to this band that should defy any pigeonholing. Mental-health clinicians typically diagnose kids with these problems as having either conduct disorder or oppositional defiant disorder, a penchant to defy authority. Once it became obvious that Sulla was going to defy the law and seize Rome by force, Marius attempted to organize a defense of the city using gladiators. As Devin Powell reports in this issue, such superluminal speeds not only defy Einstein's special relativity, but they also contradict the law of conservation of energy. When chilled to extremes, liquid helium behaves according to the rules of quantum mechanics that apply to matter at the smallest scales and defy the laws of classical physics. He is the only person that has that peculiar something called 'audience appeal' in sufficient quality to defy the popular penchant for movies that talk. Intricate layers of foreground and background combined with a dazzling array of mark-making defy single-point perspective, monocular camera vision, and abstraction. The enormous potential of bioactive substances is made clear in the TNI Defy Age Intervention System, which can produce incredible, immediate and perceptible results. Examples from Classical Literature Bravely defy all that is most venerable, and all that is most unchangeable. Only the two rosy spots added by the daguerreotypist to the cheeks defy time and change, indestructible token of youth and ardor. He defies the stick, and he would defy the gallows if it were far enough off. At present, the servants are set above, defy, and tyrannize over the masters. Right in front the hex River Mountains extend like a vast barrier across the line and seem to defy the approaching train. Chance led me under a robinia or iron-wood tree, the trunk of which will defy the best-tempered axe. She longed to denounce him, to defy him, to bid him begone, and do his worst. It may defy the best steel blade that was ever forged on Milan stithy to cut it asunder. Was he not strong enough to defy the corrosiveness of a mean, vulgar atmosphere? But I defy these gentlemen to find in the law any oath for a subcontractor. The specialty of the jarrah is its power to defy the ravages of the insect world and of the sea. At La Trappe, I will defy you to reason in this way, and not to become humble. But it is well known that they sometimes defy all lithotrite instruments, and compel us to have recourse to the knife. Now that men kiss the hands which maltreat them, it is the part of women to defy them. Their vastness seems to defy our admeasurement, and their complexity and difficulty may defeat our feeble efforts at solution. But before he fainted, he collected all his strength to challenge you, and to defy you while challenging you. Because of the copiousness of those that patronize her trade, she is morally armed to defy this society which enjoys the game of ostriches. A perfectly black object, he contended, would elude and defy the acutest vision. In the cuddy we were only five, but a more uneven quintette I defy you to convene. Did the Government intend to allow this man to defy the law? Show More Sentences There he must build a strong fortress and there defy his enemies. Why will she defy the power she is absolutely dependent upon? On the milk of goats he grew strong to defy Father Time, the devourer. Summoned to the Sanhedrin to answer for this action, he dared defy it. I will prove their existence, and I will defy you to disprove them. They did not dare defy him, and had the scribe bring in the Book. There, monumental rocks, leaning on their regularly-cut bases, seemed to defy all laws of equilibrium. I defy any elocutionist to read it satisfactorily with the inflexes. He must have been so saturated with alcohol as to defy the lodgment of germs. I defy any man to look between the lines and scent my hocus-pocus game. He could not go up on the hustings, and there defy the duke. Property enabled a man to perform unremunerative public services, to practice the arts, to defy his rulers. How much do you admire the way in which he seems to defy Old Father Time and keep on producing the goods in his mid thirties? I defy the Old Enemy to unmask me when I choose to keep my vizard on. What my aunt saw, or did not see, I defy the science of physiognomy to have made out, without her own consent. He was not afraid to defy the Rabbis, the learned, and the puffed-up. Zambian Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, excommunicated after he ordained four married priests in September, continued to defy the church Dec. Into the most pitiful and abject it will infuse a heart and courage to defy the world, so only it have the countenance of the beloved object. Until then he had been sustained by rage, by his strength of mind, by despair, by the supreme agony which led the Titans to scale the heavens, and Ajax to defy the gods. The political markets theory's focus on noncompetitive elections would defy this effort and lead to the invalidation of almost all federalism-reinforcing gerrymanders. Show More Sentences For those terms that defy translation or require explanation, Kaplan has included a glossary, as well as helpful parenthetical notes where needed. As to Charley's legs, if they were only a pair, they'd defy competition. It was the very confidence that I might now defy him, as well as the positive certitude, by this time, of the child's unconsciousness, that made me go on. They also have the power, under the Standing Orders of parliament, to expel from the chamber for a period of time those who defy the speaker's orders. However, Bradford's squad looks strong enough to defy that handicap providing injuries don't hit key players such as full-back Brett Kearney and half-back Jarrod Sammut. Mark Johnston trained the first two home in the 1m2f handicap at Glorious Goodwood, with Lyn Valley holding off Rainbow Rock to defy a high of 26 in running on Betfair. But Bobby has reminded me that on the morning of the Bristol Rovers-Blackburn Rovers match he woke up alongside his wife Marge and decided to defy orders and make love. Whether traveling by ship, train, stage, bicycle, or rowboat, Keaton managed to defy the laws of physics and, en route, wreak havoc on the vehicle in question. In the cuddy we were only five, but a more uneven quintette I defy you to convene.Why repeat steerage gossip, about mysterious cargoes, at the cuddy table? Find more words! 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What is the opposite of defy? Words that rhyme with defy What is the past tense of defy? What is the plural of defy? What is the adverb for defy? What is the adjective for defy? What is the noun for defy? Translations for defy Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words defusion defusing defuses defused defuse defunded defy gravity defying defying the odds deg deg. degas 4-letter Words Starting With d de def