Sentence examples for and defy from inspiring English sources

The ball danced, it seemed to accelerate and defy gravity.

Parnell was determined to hold the leadership and defy Gladstone.

Failures often are multifactorial and defy a simple explanation based on a single parameter.

Faces shine in moments of happy mutual recognition and defy time.

How do scruffy vagabonds as young as 16 overpower freighters and defy patrolling warships?

If Dolan wanted to infuriate his critics and defy the N.B.A., he succeeded.

Resuscitate General Motors and defy critics of the company's federal bailout.

Traditionally Vietcong at tacks salute Communist anni versaries and defy those of the South Vietnamese Government.

But now being cool means being able to talk policy and defy condescending expectations.

Additional footage courtesy of the Folger Shakespeare Library and Defy Media's Man at Arms.

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