Sentence examples for defies with from inspiring English sources

It also means the aging that she defies with workouts, image makeovers and what looks like plastic surgery.

With its sophisticated physics, video screens, and microbiological beguilement, the movie conveys Dwan's state of shock regarding the rise of nuclear power, increasingly violent cities, and a military-scientific order in which power is enriched with arcane knowledge and where science defies, with Faustian audacity, the bounds of human decency.

Now, however, it seems clear that this planned tribute is not about to go the way of the hourglass waistline, mandatory in the 1940s and '50s, and which Balenciaga defied with tunics, baby dolls and empire lines.

This is the golden rule Cyrus defied with obvious glee.

Already, Turkey's refined oil exports to Iran have dropped significantly as a result of the international sanctions, which Turkey cannot defy with impunity.

North Korea has become further isolated after a January nuclear test, its fourth, and the launch of a long-range rocket in February brought tightened U.N. Security Council sanctions that Pyongyang defied with several ballistic missile launches.

An Italian entrepreneur defies mobsters with tuna and ice cream.

Djokovic's splits and stretches may defy physics, but Del Potro defies gravity with the speed of some of his shots.

It is so very great that it almost defies description, with its unique use of words, history, emotion and suspense.

It is a luxury coupe that defies comparison with other luxury coupes.

Uncompromising techno from Madame via Boysnoize Records, a label that defies expectations with every release.