defies in English
a woman who defies convention
Use "defies" in a sentence
1. Death defies the doctor.
2. Achingly beautiful true story defies belief
3. It's a stupid decision that completely defies logic.
4. The chaos at the airport defies description.
5. The beauty of the scene defies description.
6. Her first novel defies easy categorisation.
7. The world of poverty defies the imagination.
8. The status quo defies the intent of these agreements.
9. It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension.
10. ANTARCTICA, that bleak, white place, still defies full understanding.
11. VAPORIZE sets free a body fat reducing phenomenon so extraordinary it defies description!
12. Yet, another Catholic bishop observes: “Syncretism is a reality that defies the church’s action.”
13. And then we have Mark Zuckerberg, who defies convention of respectable attire for businesspeople.
14. It also defies basic standards of fairness by discriminating against large numbers of minority students.
15. He manufactured a concoction of such awesome vileness that it defies, even now, reasonable description.
16. Today, however, there are systems equipped to deliver atomic warheads whose accuracy defies imagination.
17. Aggadah is the expression of man’s ceaseless striving that often defies all limitations
18. It defies your laws of physics to transport matter through time and space.
19. Consequently he defies the law and becomes involved in a township literacy programme.
20. For the song of the suffering servant helps unlock the mystery that defies logic.
21. Synonyms for Accosts include challenges, contests, defies, denounces, opposes, confronts, queries, argues, calls out and counters
22. 1 He manufactured a concoction of such awesome vileness that it defies, even now, reasonable description.
23. Usually, generosity rewards an ethical awareness that defies the common obsessions with stinginess and corrupt gifts.
24. Synonyms for Brazens include braves, confronts, faces, defies, beards, dare, dares, breasts, outfaces and outbraves
25. This pattern defies the common equator-pole gradient, suggesting that different factors are at play.
26. Antonyms for Acquiesces include resists, challenges, defies, opposes, contests, disagrees, forbears, dissents, fights and refuses
27. Set amid the coastal Chugach Mountains, Anchorage defies popular visions of polar ice caps and frozen tundra
28. This is a precious text, its publishers and authors are saying, that gloriously defies vulgar commercial logic.
29. As with all the economic forces affecting firms' behaviour, the impact of change is uneven and defies generalisation.
30. Blab World defies description: neither book or magazine, it is obviously a work of art
31. 18 hours ago · Belarus defies pandemic at a time of global Alarmism
32. It's a sign of the Priory of Sion, a secret society that defies papal authority.
33. But this tactic fails in the face of a movement that defies such simple categorisation.
34. Huckabee's campaign took off in Iowa because he makes people laugh and defies easy categorisation.
35. At an altitude of nearly 20,000 feet [6,000 meters], it successfully defies the powerful equatorial sun.
36. Synonyms for Controverts include challenges, contests, defies, denounces, opposes, confronts, queries, argues, calls out and counters
37. Examples from the Corpus Concoction • He manufactured a Concoction of such awesome vileness that it defies, even now, reasonable description
38. Zero Space is the indefinable region between Aethers, a region which defies logic and is the abode of the amorphous Zero
39. It defies logic that we will be able to get the best out of health information with sheaths of paper flying around by snail mail.
40. "The Arrest is a novel that defies description in the best possible way, which makes it quintessentially a work of Jonathan Lethem’s at his most sublime
41. Antigone defies her uncle's decree that her traitorous brother should go unburied and therefore find no rest in the afterlife; however, her actions have tragic consequences.
42. In 1910, Einstein pointed out the anomalous behavior of specific heat at low temperatures as another example of a phenomenon which defies explanation by classical physics.
43. Watching a film which maybe highlights a character that is fighting to live, or just a character that defies stereotypes, makes a joke, sings a song.
44. Conjurer are a 4-piece metal band from the Midlands, UK who have fused sludge groove and post-black metal intensity to create a progressive sound that defies traditional genre constraints
45. ”Since he defied the injunction, we are going back to court to start pursuing Contempt proceeding as that is what follows when one defies court orders,” Mr Chipili said.
46. Genre-Busting musician Michael Kiwanuka on setting himself apart British singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka has won fans around the world with a sound that defies easy description – a mix of
47. Alterity, defined by the OED as "The state of being other or different; diversity, 'otherness,'" defies a simple definition because it contains concepts like difference and otherness within itself
48. It is a film that, more than merely presenting the mess of life, dives headlong into the unimaginable — the stuff that defies easy summation or strict categories — wisely, Cuttingly, and to
49. Bite is still a wholly ambitious affair and a tenacious effort from Chad Archibald, who proves he has a strong grasp of how to make an intelligent horror movie that often defies genre expectations.
50. A record that virtually defies categorization, Pearls Before Swine's 1968 epic Balaklava is the near-brilliant follow-up to One Nation Underground.Intended as a defiant condemnation of the Vietnam War, it doesn't offer anthemic, fist-pounding protest songs.