Sentence examples for defy from inspiring English sources
The word 'defy' is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to describe a situation in which someone acts in a way that goes against what someone else says or expects. For example: "The protester refused to obey the police officer's orders, defying their authority.".
Will the country defy the doomsayers and unlock the €7.2bn in held-up bailout funds it so desperately requires?
No matter: the president says he is ready to defy his fellow Democrats to push through the TPP.
For the parties warned by this poll of defeat, they prepare for a long night ahead in which they will hope for local factors – a popular candidate or a better on-the-ground operation – that will somehow see them home and defy the exit poll.
To do otherwise would be to defy the wishes of the British people, to support the loser over the winner.
In fact, technocracy and populism reinforce each other: liberal elites become ever more distrustful of democracy; illiberal people seek to defy them.
It places people in difficult positions: they must forfeit their personal convictions and desires in order to appease society or choose to defy the status quo and unrepentantly be themselves at the risk of being misjudged and even mistreated.
Jansen curbed his attacking instincts and penchant for getting caught out of position to turn in a convincing performance as a left-back while the South-Korean attacking midfielder Son Heung-min scored two excellent goals to defy his critics.
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