defied in English
a woman who defies convention
Use "defied" in a sentence
1. His swerve was something that defied analysis; just as it defied attempts to counter it.
2. She also defied her sire.
3. The gladiator who defied an emperor.
4. He defied our master, Marius.
5. It has defied discovery until now.
6. Its meteoric ascent defied the usual explanations.
7. His remarkable recovery defied all medical augury.
8. The College Council has defied the Magisterium.
9. The plane defied the laws of gravity.
10. The arrogant effrontery of the man defied belief.
11. She defied him to dive off the bridge.
12. Automatism itself has defied a clear medical definition
13. They defied him to jump off the bridge.
14. But we've defied their orders by attacking Suzhou.
15. Sunday, throngs of demonstrators defied orders to disperse.
16. Protesters defied the curfew and took to the streets.
17. Hundreds of people today defied the ban on political gatherings.
18. In superb condition and in its original frame, it defied attribution.
19. 000 demonstrators defied the decree and gathered in the square.
20. Three generations of imitation so doggedly faithful that it defied credibility.
21. The final letter from Pascal, in 1657, had defied Alexander VII himself.
22. Mazhar Bey defied the orders of deportation from Talat Pasha, the Interior Minister.
23. The students defied segregationist mobs to integrate the all white school under military protection.
24. GOP Leader Says Her House Would Be ‘Bombed’ If She Defied Trump’s Fraud Claims
25. Synonyms for Contravened include broke, brake, broken, violated, infringed, breached, defied, disobeyed, transgressed and contradicted
26. The government padlocked conspicuous restaurants and resorts where the laws have been contemptuously defied.
27. Bosses defied the law to woo last-minute Christmas shoppers from Oxford Street rivals.
28. Scopes was forbidden to teach Darwin's theory of evolution, but he defied the law.
29. Antonyms for Conformed include flouted, defied, breached, disregarded, violated, broke, brake, broken, contravened and disobeyed
30. In 1534, King Henry VIII openly defied the authority of the Catholic pope in Rome.
31. 23 A few workers have defied the majority decision and gone into work despite the strike.
32. Venter defied his critics and deciphered the human genome with startling speed about eight years ago.
33. Meanwhile, some Blacklegs yesterday defied the strike ordered by the union and started normal academic activities
34. But the relationship with Pataki deteriorated precipitously in recent days as McCaughey Ross openly defied him.
35. The proselytizing activities of the United States on behalf of human rights were inappropriate and defied logic
36. Synonyms for Brazened out include confronted, faced, challenged, defied, braved, tackled, withstood, met, Brazened and stood up to
37. The directive suggested that publications that defied the orders could face up to two months of closure.
38. For the next four years they defied convention by living as man and wife when they were not.
39. Amber, nevertheless, defied conventions, behaved outrageously, and pursued her man in a manner quite unusual for the 1940
40. Beguines were women who defied the organisation of women in the early mediaeval period as either nun or wife
41. Hundreds defied coronavirus restrictions to gather and protest violence against women, but the event ended with Clashes between police and …
42. In early June, a number of citizens courageously defied religious zealots to register their protest while calling for conciliation and peace.
43. This steel construction defied all traditional rules in architecture and as surprising as it can be, it was at first much criticized.
44. She had stubbornly defied both her solicitor and Glyn and here she was letting a complete stranger dictate terms to her.
45. 6 The roomy silos of the hull flanks gave it a bulbous appearance that defied approval by any aesthetic but the purely functional.
46. The roomy silos of the hull flanks gave it a bulbous appearance that defied approval by any aesthetic but the purely functional.
47. When the Japanese ordered making Japanese compulsory in Pantanaw high schools, Thant defied the orders and cooperated with the growing anti-Japanese resistance.
48. Coalesce along with Converge, Botch, and Dillinger Escape Plan put out hardcore/metal that defied time signatures, and stretched the limits of heaviness
49. Have I ever broken a mountain, defied an army, broken someone’s bands, or subdued worldly powers—even if only figuratively—in order to accomplish God’s will?
50. A teen in the United States has defied all odds by surviving a horrific forklift accident after having the lower half of his body Amputated