Sentence examples for defied in from inspiring English sources

As unfathomable as Kuerten's comeback was, there were odds defied in smaller pockets of the grounds.

The Foreign Ministry, held both in awe and resentment by many Japanese, was the okami defied in this case.

Not surprisingly, Mr. Schundler has begun seeking a reconciliation with the very political establishment he once defied in the two months since he won the Republican primary.

Steve Barrow, head of G10 strategy at Standard Bank, warned that the new law "could cause monumental damage if it has to be defied in the event of a deterioration of the economy".

The liberal capitalist order in West Germany was being defied in the late 60's and early 70's by a younger generation whose calls for revolution echoed his own; he no longer felt himself a stranger when back in Berlin or Munich, and he started writing regularly again for German opera houses and orchestras.

After widespread protests, the Army issued an ultimatum for Morsi, which he defied in vain.

Programmed to be as soothing as a Claritin commercial -- even Clinton-bashing is on mute -- the G.O.P. spectacular in Philadelphia will defy in-depth network coverage.

Everyone is defying, in one way or another, mortality, the actual finish line whose figurative embodiment they plan to cross.

Does a poem that quotes such a severe reproach endorse it, or, by folding it into an aesthetic it defies, in turn defy it?

It's a message which is not easy to defy in the face of repeated assertions about the country being "united in grief".

And it's apparent that any audience, at any educational level, entails expectations (including ideological ones) that artists meet or defy in ways that merit study.