Sentence examples for claim defies from inspiring English sources

But that claim defies arithmetic.

Fact-checking organization Politifact ruled that Trump's claim "defies logic", since many people would remember the event had it occurred and photos and video would not be uncommon of a major celebration in a densely populated center.

But psychiatrists outside the company said this claim defied credibility, especially given Martha's age.

The rise in new claims defied economists' expectations for a drop to 293,000.

These claims defy reality, Mr. Tsvangirai said Wednesday, in Johannesburg rather than Harare, where most news coverage remains banned.

Ms. Moreno also said that certain things about the rape claims defied possibility, like the fact that no DNA evidence was found.

Some of the claims defy logic.

Assistant US attorney Ricardo Del Toro countered in a filing that Glenn's new claims "defy logic and common sense".

It's a claim that defies history and ignores reality.

Trump originally said he didn't see any reason "why it would be Russia" that meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, affirming Putin's claim while defying American intelligence findings.

I know, I know, it wasn't too long ago that McCain himself disowned the label, telling Newsweek's David Margolick, "I never considered myself a maverick" -- a claim which defied credulity, based upon the available visual evidence.