Sentence examples for actions that defy from inspiring English sources

The commission said the agency had taken actions "that defy common sense, logic and law".

Politically, too, any action that defied the generals would be controversial.

The Trump administration routinely takes action that defies our sense of morality; that shatters the boundaries of decency and civility.

This prompted Google's decision to stop self-censoring search results, an action that defies local Chinese censorship laws.

Rather, it presents the Papin sisters' lives with ferocious clarity, shedding a painful light on emotions too volatile to be named and on actions that ultimately defy explanation.

Our results suggest that investments in strengthening fisheries governance, particularly aspects such as participation and property rights, could facilitate innovative conservation actions that help communities defy expectations of global reef degradation.

There's nothing wrong with the idea of an action romance that borrows its chilled snappiness from Hollywood styles of a glossier age while functioning as a live-action cartoon that defies plausibility with its outrageous stunts.

This apparent lack of specificity suggests that psychiatric symptoms as well as treatments may share aspects of pathophysiology and mechanisms of action that defy current symptom-based diagnostic and neuron-based therapeutic schema.

"Secretary Perry's proposed rule was but another in a long list of actions by the Trump administration that defy the facts to appease the polluter lobby," said Environment New York Director Heather Leibowitz.

"Some actions that appear to help women defy age can actually victimize us instead," adds Dr.Diller.

Artful furniture pieces that defy gravity.