Sentence examples for defy a from inspiring English sources

Microbes defy a simple notion of individuality.

He can defy a 4lb higher mark.

The forward could not defy a tight angle, leaving St Johnstone to breathe again.

Trump might defy a judge; he might defy the Supreme Court.

He even suggested that Mr. Nixon would defy a judicial ruling against him.

"I would not defy a federal court," Chief Justice Moore said on the witness stand.

Yolan Henry had vowed to defy a judge's order giving custody to Curry.

I raised her to defy – a privilege that far too many parents do not have.

(Artists, Smith writes, defy a "single identity" and embrace "the many-colored voice, the multiple sensibility").

But just 4.5percentt said he should defy a ruling by the court.

But it isn't always necessary to disobey the law to defy a legal regime.