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

51. Coralita often is described by you as a 'missing link' Essence that solved a problem that had defied solution. Coralita tells us, 'I AM a mover and shaker

52. Atalanta defied convention and refused to settle down until she finished her education, had seen a bit of the world, and had a few adventures of her own

53. During the early part of the First World War, Beach Thomas defied military authorities to report news stories from the Western Front for his employer, the Daily Mail.

54. Hundreds of Algerians defied a nationwide ban on protests and took to the streets Monday to demand democratic change and mark the anniversary of 1988 demonstrations that ushered in reforms

55. ”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.

56. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story inspires us to do the same

57. Heuvelmans was born in Le Havre , France and raised in Belgium , and earned a doctorate of zoology . His doctoral thesis concerned the teeth of the aardvark , which had previously defied classification.

58. Heated Clashes between police and mourners broke out Saturday evening in South London when a crowd of people defied the city’s coronavirus lockdown order to mourn the suspected murder of Sarah

59. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations--and whose story inspires us to do the same

60. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations--and whose story inspires us to do the same

61. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations - and whose story inspires us to do the same

62. War defied expectations and became even bigger when left to their own devices; Burdon, after recording an album with veteran bluesman Jimmy Witherspoon , cut a series of generally desultory solo albums.

63. After a stopover in Dubai to continue his education, he defied his family's wishes and went to Yemen, vowing to study Arabic and Shariah law. An attempt to re-enter the U.

64. Throughout campaigning, the government kept its restrictions on public gatherings and political meetings, and required all political literature to be approved by the SLORC prior to publication; however political parties defied the ruling.

65. At first, this decision was defied by both the solicitor general and the premier (who was also attorney general) of the province of Quebec, but gradually it was enforced through the courts.

66. Representative Park In-kook said the nuclear test violated Council resolutions and "defied warnings from the international community" which threatened peace and stability in the region, thus all member states should ensure they implement the sanctions fully.

67. "The Antagonists," the book by Ernest Gann, is also known by the title �Masada,� tells the story of this small group of 960 Jews who defied the Roman Empire by refusing to give in to Roman demands.

68. Bereft of his cake, defrauded of his frolic, and borne away by a strong hand to that detested bed, poor Demi could not restrain his wrath, but openly defied Papa, and kicked and screamed lustily all the way upstairs

69. Government documents reveal that JPMorgan Chase, HSBC and other big banks have defied money laundering Crackdowns by moving staggering sums of illicit cash for shadowy characters and criminal networks that have spread chaos and undermined democracy around the world.

70. ‘The document addresses the public scandal of politicians who persistently and Contumaciously oppose the church's teaching without any appropriate response from their pastors.’ ‘He was practical and level-headed, and the things he saw in this new world Contumaciously defied everything he …

71. His doctoral thesis concerned the teeth of the aardvark , which had previously defied classification. Though earlier interested in zoological oddities, he credits a 1948 Saturday Evening Post article, "There Could be Dinosaurs", by Ivan T. Sanderson , with inspiring a determined interest in unknown animals.

72. Anne Bonny, née Anne Cormac, (born 1698?, near Cork, Ireland—died April 25, 1782?, Charles Towne [now Charleston], South Carolina, U.S.), Irish American pirate whose brief period of marauding the Caribbean during the 18th century enshrined her in legend as one of the few to have defied the proscription against female pirates.

73. Akhenaten Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten and defied tradition by establishing a new religion that believed that there is but one god; the sun god Aten. By the time Akhenaten took the throne, his family had been ruling Egypt for nearly two hundred years and had established a huge empire dominating Palestine, Phoenicia, and Nubia.

74. T he last we heard from British producer Stephen Wilkinson, he was splicing together various funk-laced genres on Mind Bokeh, his excellent sixth album as Bibio.Wilkinson’s music has always defied classification, but Mind Bokeh was a literal haze of influences and styles that, judging from the sentimental care with which they were handled, were ripped straight from whatever was playing on