Sentence examples for a defier of from inspiring English sources

The Times should have assigned this book to someone prepared to evaluate a historian's attempt to interpret Hellman both as a creature and a defier of her world.

His reputation as a defier of the Labour leadership during his three decades on the backbenches is well-deserved, but he generally did his rebelling in an understated way.

The title, explained in the video below, describes McLaren's role – dating to the debut of the M6GT road car of 1969 – as a defier of the status quo, likening the company to the elusive black swan, "a symbol of a moment that challenges beliefs and turns thinking upside-down".

"David Bowie Is," a past exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, explored Bowie's role as a defier of labels.

'The Last Emperor was a jolly defying of Hollywood,' Bertolucci remembers.

Energy companies, for example, continue to roll out spectacular results as crude oil prices hover around $70 a barrel, defying expectations of a decline.

Tells how students and alumni interpreted the use of the symbol as a symbol-of defying authority, the college spirit.

His response was to make a movie that defied most of the rules of traditional film-making.

"Here's a movie that kind of defies description of what you can compare it to".

Can a journalist defy the wishes of a confidential source?

In other words, this "action at a distance" defies the speed of light.