Sentence examples for defied her from inspiring English sources

She said this with an urgency that defied her words.

Ms. Morimura promised to have security officials remove any Indian journalist who defied her order.

Hester then defied her family and friends to marry Gabriel Piozzi, an impoverished Italian singer and music teacher.

One of them was ripping shots at the cage with a power that defied her age and size.

Kumiko Otsuka had defied her father by bringing in outside directors to sit alongside family members on the firm's board.

Yet Julie defied her parents, and the lovers have remained together, to her continuing surprise.

And I did it, I had defied her, but that night my knees seized up.

But Matt has defied her instructions to stay away from Bret.

The first thing I asked Gertrude was why she had defied her father.

Siobhan defied her parents to become a cop, but now she starts wanting to feel more like a daughter.

She won bursaries to fund her schooling and defied her father to study law at a top university.