Sentence examples similar to defies recognition from inspiring English sources
He's dressed in his working clothes, a so-called 'scramble suit', a form of disguise which defies all forms of recognition as it constantly changes the wearer's appearance, switching sex, race and age 24 times a second.
Barbara Howard's work defies specific slotting, although we sense her recognition of the heritage left by great masters, Turner being the most obvious.
Recognition is deeply intuitive, a kind of eclat that almost defies analysis.
Faces shine in moments of happy mutual recognition and defy time.
His bid for recognition was defied as well by the Utraquist wing, which had seized key positions during Sigismund's brief reign.
That is the first step required before gaining Fifa membership, part of Kosovo's wider push for international recognition since defying Serbia by declaring independence in 2008.
A year after she won recognition for defying the ban, al-Sharif has been forced to resign from her job at Saudi's government-owned Aramco oil company and has lost her housing.
Those who speak the language insist that the phrase defies translation, but describe wabi-sabi as a pleasure in natural things; a recognition that beauty is fleeting and imperfect; a reverence for simplicity; the spiritual essence of an object.
"But Michael defies logic.
