Sentence examples for defied convention from inspiring English sources

Serena defied convention again by not playing a warm-up event before the Open.

Mr. Brouse also defied convention in structuring the Sport Utility Vehicle Owners Association.

He defied convention, showing an anti-establishment streak that would remain consistent throughout his life.

His success rate defies the odds because he has defied convention.

As an inventor and entrepreneur, Ford defied convention to bring magic new technology to ordinary life and ordinary people.

From the outset, she depicted strong women and heroines and further defied convention by making a speciality of female nudes.

Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont, an impulsive and imperious railroad heiress, defied convention in the 1890s by dumping her unfaithful husband and running off with a neighbor.

They shared a love of hiking in the Tatra Mountains with their friends, and defied convention by marrying despite being of different faiths.

Perhaps the country's closest answer to the Beat generation is 64-year-old Aung Myint, who has defied convention to express his experimental vision.

In later years he ignored the critics, and he defied convention by wandering around the stage, often playing with his back to the audience.

Earlier attempts to produce synthetic rubbers had involved the polymerization of dienes such as isoprene and butadiene, but Sparks and Thomas defied convention by using other starting materials.