Sentence examples for defied attempts from inspiring English sources

The Harappan script has long defied attempts to read it, and therefore the language remains unknown.

But then, Wedekind's creation has always defied attempts to pin her down.

His swerve was something which defied analysis; just as it defied attempts to counter it.

This is because the tenacity with which Nigerians have voted and defied attempts to taint the election has been remarkable.

The Australian waterfront is one of the last bastions of industrial class warfare and has defied attempts at reform by various governments.

Henry Chipembere, one of these ministers, escaped from house arrest and defied attempts at recapture, becoming the focus for antigovernment opinion until his death in 1975.

The digital realm, like the analogue one, will continue to defy attempts to simplify it.

The financial system's size, complexity and global nature defy attempts to chart its future.

In the Orient, however, excessively free enterprise abounds and defies attempts at control.

The architecture on Rynok Square defies attempts by any one group to lay claim to the city's past.

But it does gladden the heart how the constantly evolving Edinburgh fringe keeps defying attempts to control and corporatise it.